Opinion - Trump is taking a wrecking ball to the separation of powers
In mid-May, the Department of Government Efficiency — which was established by an executive order, does not have the statutory authority of a government department or agency, is not funded by Congress and claims to not be subject to legislative oversight — tried to embed a team in the Government Accounting Office. The GAO helps Congress audit government spending to identify waste, fraud and mismanagement.
Officials of the GAO, a legislative branch agency currently investigating more than three dozen allegations that the Trump administration illegally withheld congressionally authorized funds, refused. The GAO “is not subject to executive orders,” a spokeswoman added.
Faced with the same demand, officials of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said no as well, citing a statute stipulating that it “will not be an agency or establishment of the United States government.”
Nonetheless, a staff member of DOGE reportedly declared that his “department” intended to investigate “every institute or agency that has congressional monies appropriated to it,” including private nonprofits.
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