Musk's DOGE gains access to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Sources
Staffers for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to internal systems at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal agency that Musk has previously called to be deleted, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
On Friday afternoon, Musk posted on X an ominous message regarding the agency: “CFPB RIP."
The post left some CFPB staff unsettled and uncertain, with one employee telling ABC News that no official communication had been made internally regarding the agency’s future, noting that a routine weekly report outlining CFPB’s work had just been circulated.
Earlier that day, the CFPB chief operating officer informed staff via email that DOGE employees had entered the agency’s offices in D.C. and would require "read-only access" to key internal systems, including HR, procurement and financial databases, according to an email reviewed by ABC News.
A small group of DOGE staffers were spotted inside CFPB offices on Friday, sources said, setting up operations in the building’s basement. A DOGE rep did not respond to a request for comment.
-ABC News' Will Steakin





