Just before the election DoT received a pile of FOIA requests asking that emails and text messages pertaining to Elon Musk be turned over. This was just the latest wave of such requests that have been received by all the various federal agencies sent by Trump aligned groups over the last two years to identify “perceived partisans.” They have used a variety of methods to determine that including DEI programs or emails with the key words “climate change” in them.
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One group is the Heritage Foundation Oversight Project, another is the America First Policy Institute, with close ties to Trump’s transition team and there are more, all with the intention of rooting out anyone suspected of not being sufficiently loyal to Trump. They are looking at whether employees have ever donated to Democrats, written anything critical on social media or claimed that they have done something suspicious such as “helped immigrants who arrived in the US seeking legal status.”
