It's even more complex than that. Legally, on paper and in court, Musk was not the DOGE Administrator (the officer that the Executive Order actually named) in the first place. There was a whole "Who is the head of DOGE?" question raised back in February 2025.

* https://youtube.com/watch?v=0ziKJQC32qk

* https://lawfaremedia.org/article/who-is-running-the-u.s.-dog...

* https://lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-daily--witaod

Wikipedia writers, for one, currently accept that Amy Gleason was and is actually in charge.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Gleason