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4. What Stansbury, together with Raskin, has done, is introduced a bill
Fri May 30, 2025, 09:01 PM
May 30

that would expose the head of DOGE to civil liability for damages resulting from the activity of DOGE found to be a violation of law:


"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the special Government employee (as that term is defined in section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code) managing or otherwise in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (or any successor thereof) within the Executive Office of the President shall be liable for any claim against the Federal Government relating to activities of the Department, including claims brought as a result of violation of Federal labor laws, data privacy laws, threats to national or domestic security, Federal appropriations laws, or any other statutes."

As you can imagine, this legislation has zero chance of be enacted and even if we capture both the House and Senate in 2026, Trump would veto and there is no chance the veto would be overriden. It's merely performative legislation.

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