Musk is 'special government employee,' White House confirms 

Washington — 

Elon Musk is moving for President Donald Trump arsenic a "special authorities employee," according to a White House official, solidifying his arguable relation successful the medication but sidestepping immoderate disclosure rules that are emblematic of national workers.

The official, speaking Monday connected the information of anonymity to sermon unit matters, said that Musk has a authorities email code and bureau abstraction successful the White House complex.

Musk, the world's richest man, has been granted wide latitude by Trump to trim the size of the national government. On Monday morning, the office of the U.S. Agency for International Development was abruptly unopen down.

Musk's team, known arsenic the Department of Government Efficiency, besides has received entree to delicate outgo systems astatine the U.S. Treasury Department.

Democrats fearfulness that Musk is consolidating powerfulness wrong the national government, acting without accountability and perchance against the law.

Special authorities employees are usually appointed to their presumption for up to 130 days. It's unclear however modular rules connected morals agreements and fiscal disclosures volition use to Musk, who has billions of dollars successful national contracts with SpaceX, his rocket company.

Musk does not person a paycheck for his work, the White House authoritative said. Under national guidelines, it's improbable that helium volition request to record a nationalist fiscal disclosure report. The authoritative did not supply further details isolated from saying that Musk is pursuing the law.

Trump signaled his support of Musk's enactment connected Sunday evening aft returning to Washington from his play successful Florida.

"I deliberation Elon is doing a bully job. He's a large cost-cutter," the Republican president said. "Sometimes we won't hold with it and we'll not spell wherever helium wants to go. But I deliberation he's doing a large job."