I mean, there are many political leaders who would put Musk in prison in a heartbeat for the DOGE stuff. It's not paranoia. This is separate from "do you think this is illegal", but it's absolutely reasonable, from their perspective, to think that "everyone is after them".
I know! Maybe this paranoa would be justified, if they would already killed millions and destroyed countries!
I'm surprised he has not tit-for-tatted with pre-emptive pardons for all of his minions.