House Oversight Democrat seeks information from Trump on Elon Musk's alleged drug use [View all]
Source: CBS News
June 4, 2025 / 12:21 PM EDT
Washington — The acting top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked President Trump on Wednesday for information about Elon Musk's alleged drug use during the 2024 presidential campaign and whether he was consuming illicit substances while serving as a top adviser to the president in the White House.
Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, the acting ranking member of the panel, wrote in a letter to Mr. Trump that he is investigating the extent of Musk's alleged drug use and asked the president to turn over information about what he or other administration officials knew about Musk's supposed consumption while he was working as a special government employee.
Musk, who helped oversee the efforts to overhaul the federal government through the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, officially ended his tenure working in the federal government last Friday. But the president said that Musk "is not really leaving," and the billionaire said he would remain a "friend and adviser" to Mr. Trump. As a special government employee, Musk was limited to 130 days in a 365-day period, according to federal law.
"The drastic and erratic nature of Mr. Musk's decisions and actions as a government employee, coupled with the reports of his drug use, begs the question of whether Mr. Musk was under the influence of illicit substances while working in your White House," Lynch wrote. "The American people deserve to know whether Mr. Musk was under the influence while he gleefully took a 'chainsaw' to our federal government."
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Link to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats' PRESS RELEASE - Acting Ranking Member Lynch Asks President Trump Whether Elon Musk Was Under the Influence While Working in the White House
Link to Rep. Lynch LETTER (PDF) - https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-06-04.lynch-to-trump-re-musk-drug-use.pdf
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