Elon Musk reinstates ‘Doge’ worker linked to openly racist social media account
Marko Elez, 25, has been granted access to US government payment system containing sensitive personal data
Elon Musk said Friday that he will reinstate a member of his self-styled “department of government efficiency” (Doge) unit who resigned after being linked to an openly racist social media account.
In a post on X, the social media platform he owns, Musk said that Marko Elez, 25, who was at the centre of a court battle over access to the US government’s payment system and has also worked for Musk’s SpaceX company, “will be brought back”.
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