Musk, one of Trump's most influential backers, has been tasked with leading DOGE. As such, he has been granted "special government employee" status, a designation that experts say could come pose ethical and legal dilemmas because of the government contracts his companies like Tesla and SpaceX enjoy.

One of the people working with billionaire Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the U.S. government is a Berkeley-educated computer scientist who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.

The billionaire and his cronies continue to move fast and break things. Here are their boldest attacks thus far.