DOGE, Elon Musk’s quasi-government agency, is widely seen as an example of an extra-legal executive branch running amok. But it also has collaborators inside Congress.
The House of Representatives has established a DOGE Subcommittee, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-TX) as its chairwoman.
Much has been pointed out about the numerous conflicts of interest DOGE chief Elon Musk has, such as making decisions about government spending when he’s the chair of several companies that have business before the federal government.
Now, Forbes is reporting another possible conflict of interest related to Musk: It turns out Greene purchased some Tesla stock, after taking over the committee’s leadership.
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The Congresswoman “purchased Tesla shares in four different accounts, with each transaction falling between $1,000 and $15,000,” Forbes said, citing an official disclosure filed by the Georgia Congresswoman. Greene purchased stock in several companies, including Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Intel, and Johnson and Johnson. According to the Forbes report, Greene owned “between $15,000 and $50,000” in Tesla stock before her election to Congress but did not increase her stake in the carmaker until 2024.
There doesn’t appear to be any indication that Greene received any inside information about Musk about Tesla’s business, as the stock has actually gone down in value since her purchase. It is possible, though, that she bought the stock to curry favor with Musk.
Attention has often been placed on the stock trades of members of Congress, and the possibility that they may be acting on inside information they learned from their duties in Congress.
Last week, I introduced the No Corruption in Government Act to address the lack of accountability in our federal workforce. With six federal agencies reporting 91% of their employees missing from their offices, the new bill will ensure that the bureaucrats work for the people… pic.twitter.com/eEs7k13Ye4
— Congressman Zach Nunn (@ZachNunn) January 17, 2025
Four different U.S. Senators, in 2020, drew scrutiny after they reportedly sold stock at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with then-Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) selling stock in hotel chains. None of those Senators — Burr, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, or Dianne Feinstein of California — ever were disciplined by the Senate or faced criminal charges, although. However,e four remain in the Senate. Burr opted not to run for re-election, Loeffler was defeated, and both Inhofe and Feinstein have since passed away.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Rep. Zach Nunn (IA-03), back in January, introduced legislation to ban stock trades by members of Congress, called the No Corruption in Government Act.
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