Musk's response comes shortly after a judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate scores of probationary workers fired using DOGE's blunt methods. In his ruling, Northern District of California Judge William Alsup called the government's claims that the layoffs were performance-based a "sham to try to avoid statutory requirements."

Elon Musk, leader of the US Department of Government Effectiveness, DOGE, has said it is “necessary’ to file impeachment articles against United States District Judge James E. Boasberg, who blocked deportation orders directed by US President Donald Trump.