Marko Elez, a key staffer in the Department of Government Efficiency with access to the Treasury Department’s central-payments system. Elez resigned Thursday after being linked to a deleted social media account that promoted racist and eugenicist views. The 25-year-old was part of a team overseeing federal spending under DOGE, which has played a major role in reshaping government agencies since President Trump’s inauguration. His resignation came hours after a U.S. District Court judge ruled that he could continue accessing Treasury payment systems with limited data-sharing abilities. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended DOGE employees, calling them “highly trained professionals.”
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00:02Marco Ellis, a key staffer in the Department of Government Efficiency with access to the
00:07Treasury Department's central payment system, resigned Thursday after being linked to a
00:12deleted social media account that promoted racist views.
00:16The 25-year-old was part of a team overseeing federal spending under DOJ, which had played
00:21a major role in reshaping government agencies since President Trump's inauguration.
00:26His resignation came hours after a U.S. District Court judge ruled that he could
00:30continue accessing Treasury payment systems with limited data-sharing abilities.
00:35Treasury Secretary Scott Vecente defended DOJ employees,
00:38calling them highly trained professionals.