Musk’s DOGE Hires Ken Griffin Staffer for National Security Work

DOGE now has about 100 team members and plans to double that amount, Musk said in an interview last week with Fox Business. 

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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency recruited an assistant to billionaire Ken Griffin to help cut costs across the US national security establishment.

Adam Hoffman, 24, left Griffin’s Citadel hedge fund in recent weeks to join DOGE, according to people with knowledge of his hiring who asked not to be identified discussing confidential matters.