{"id":2410071,"date":"2025-03-05T13:22:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-joint-address-speech-used-against-him-in-doge-lawsuit-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T13:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:22:24","slug":"trumps-joint-address-speech-used-against-him-in-doge-lawsuit-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-joint-address-speech-used-against-him-in-doge-lawsuit-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s joint address speech used against him in DOGE lawsuit &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-joint-address-speech-used-against-him-in-doge-lawsuit-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410071&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s joint address speech used against him in DOGE lawsuit<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2028741\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Opponents of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> hope he gave them new ammunition in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lawsuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lawsuit<\/a> against the bureaucracy-slashing initiative.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3337375\/trump-shouts-out-elon-musk-doge-head-roaring-congressional-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">prime-time address to Congress <\/a>Tuesday evening, legal counsel added a few sentences uttered by the president to a lawsuit as &ldquo;new evidence&rdquo; against DOGE. The White House has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/white-house-trump-elon-musk-formal-authority-doge-2025-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">maintained<\/a> that Elon Musk has no &ldquo;formal authority&rdquo; over DOGE, but Trump&rsquo;s comments put this into question.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3337905\/isis-terrorist-abbey-gate-bombing-other-attacks\/\">Apprehended ISIS terrorist connected to Abbey Gate bombing tied to other deadly attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3338032\/karoline-leavitt-white-house-press-briefing-after-trump-joint-address-congress\/\">WATCH LIVE: Karoline Leavitt holds White House press briefing after Trump joint address<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3337766\/georgia-house-bill-prevent-school-shootings\/\">Georgia House advances bill aiming to prevent school shootings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I have created the brand-new Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE. Perhaps you&rsquo;ve heard of it. Perhaps. Which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight,&rdquo; Trump said during his speech.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly McClanahan, the lawyer representing several plaintiffs suing DOGE, used Trump&rsquo;s statement as &ldquo;new evidence&rdquo; to build her case against the initiative. The president&rsquo;s comment &ldquo;conclusively demonstrates that expedited discovery is urgently needed to ascertain the nature of the Department of Government Efficiency and its relationship to the United States DOGE Service, of which Amy Gleason is the Acting Administrator,&rdquo; McClanahan said in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.276598\/gov.uscourts.dcd.276598.22.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">court filing<\/a> late Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The case is based on technicalities about Musk&rsquo;s status as it relates to his work on DOGE, as well as DOGE&rsquo;s legal status.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elon Musk gestures as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If Musk is considered the head of DOGE as a nonfederal worker, which McClanahan<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.276600\/gov.uscourts.dcd.276600.10.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> has argued<\/a>, he will be subject to Federal Advisory Committee Act requirements. FACA requirements place a heavier burden on transparency and releasing information about what advisory committees are doing to the public.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Musk is considered a government employee working for the White House, he will be exempt from FACA requirements. The fact that DOGE was created by an executive order that designated the task force as working &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">within<\/a>&rdquo; the government could further complicate McClanahan&rsquo;s case, as FACA requirements only apply to advisory committees working &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R47984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">outside<\/a>&rdquo; the federal government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The White House has said Musk is not &ldquo;an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service&rdquo; and &ldquo;is not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator.&rdquo; Joshua Fisher, the director of the White House&rsquo;s Office of Administration, has argued Musk is a senior adviser to Trump as a White House employee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of DOGE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But with Musk being the face of the government-cutting initiative, McClanahan has used comments such as Trump&rsquo;s statement Tuesday evening to argue Musk should be viewed as the head of DOGE, a status that would bolster arguments that the task force is considered an advisory committee subject to FACA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jerald Lentini, Joshua Erlich, and the National Security Counselors are the plaintiffs McClanahan is representing in a lawsuit that has <a href=\"https:\/\/clearinghouse.net\/case\/45972\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">combined<\/a> several related cases against DOGE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lentini and Erlich sent in applications to work for DOGE but were ignored by Musk&rsquo;s team. Lentini and McClanahan are also attorneys for the National Security Counselors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3315975\/doge-doing-across-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRACKING WHAT DOGE IS DOING ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lentini is a Democratic member of the Manchester Board of Directors and was a regional get-out-the-vote director for former Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s 2024 presidential campaign against Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/news\/article\/ct-elon-musk-doge-jerald-lentini-20165870.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> <em>CT Insider<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lentini, Erlich, and the National Security Counselors&rsquo; lawsuit isn&rsquo;t the only legal challenge DOGE is facing. The task force was hit with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292913\/doge-to-be-sued-after-trump-sworn-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">flurry of lawsuits<\/a> after Trump signed the executive order creating the government-slashing initiative, including some that have been funded by &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3296571\/doge-lawsuits-trump-transparency-lapse-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dark money<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2028741\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2028741\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s speech used in lawsuit against DOGE initiative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2410072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/musk-trump-speech.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2410071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/musk-trump-speech.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410073,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410071\/revisions\/2410073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}