An FBI agent sought to open a criminal investigation into SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in February last year after federal employees were asked, thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency, to list “five things” they accomplished during the previous week, according to records Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) obtained from the bureau released Tuesday.
Then-Special Agent Kevin Gounaud urged colleagues to investigate the billionaire and one-time special government employee over his DOGE initiative, arguing that it wasted “a colossal amount of official time,” violated information security policies, and enriched Musk through his use of his social media platform, X.
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