Democrats Plan to Subpoena Elon Musk Over DOGE If They Win Congress, Haberman Says

New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman says Democrats are privately planning to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk if they take control of Congress.

Haberman made the revelation on Bloomberg's The Mishal Husain Show, where she was asked about the most "jaw-dropping" moments she has witnessed during President Donald Trump's second administration. She pointed to Musk's work with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which she called a "de facto co-presidency," as the most surprising.

She did not hold back on the results. "DOGE just was a failure. It didn't work," she said.

Haberman has become a target of the president over her reporting and her co-authorship of the book Regime Change, a behind-the-scenes look at the start of Trump's second term.

Asked whether Democrats would subpoena Musk and investigate his months of work with DOGE slashing parts of the federal government, Haberman said that is exactly what she has heard. "100%," she said, adding that people have told her privately that this is their plan. She cautioned that what politicians say they will do and what they actually do can sometimes differ, but said she believes they will follow through.

The only hiccup, she said, could be timing. Haberman pointed to the House investigation into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump's efforts to stay in power. The committee gathered a "ton of information," she said, but the probe was not perfect, in part because members knew they had only two years and that the House was likely to flip.

Haberman said Democrats could face the same problem this time, which might affect what they choose to do and who they choose to look at. Even so, she said, she believes Musk and DOGE will be topics.

A note on length: the original article is only about 330 words, so hitting 500 would have meant adding outside details or padding, which would break your rule against including anything not in the article. I kept this to what the source supports. If you have more source material, I can expand it.