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DOGE Bro Gavin Kliger Accused of Screaming at Federal Workers on 36-Hour Shift
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The Daily Beast
DOGE Goon Accused of Screaming at Federal Workers on 36-Hour Shift
Josh Fiallo
Fri, April 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM EDT
2 min read
One of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency goons was accused Friday of berating federal employees as they worked 36 hours straight to fire colleagues. … The marathon shift took place this week at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is reportedly in the process of having 90 percent of its staff cut by DOGE.
A federal judge pressed pause on those firings during an emergency hearing on Friday. She asserted the layoffs were taking place too quickly to comply with a previous court order, which allowed cuts but mandated they only occur after the completion of an assessment to determine whether a worker is needed, to uphold CFPB’s statutory responsibilities.
A declaration submitted in court by a reduction-in-force employee at CFPB alleged that Musk minion Gavin Kliger yelled at members of their team and forced them to rush to get pink slips out to all fired workers by Thursday. … “DOGE member Gavin Kliger managed the RIF. He kept the team up for 36 hours straight to ensure that the notices would go out yesterday,” the declaration read Friday. “Gavin was screaming at people he did not believe were working fast enough to ensure they could go out on this compressed timeline, calling them incompetent.”
That employee used a pseudonym out of fear of retaliation, but the declaration was submitted under the penalty of perjury. The worker added that Kliger told staffers to ignore the court-ordered individual-by-individual assessment requirement.
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The Daily Beast
DOGE Goon Accused of Screaming at Federal Workers on 36-Hour Shift
Josh Fiallo
Fri, April 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM EDT
2 min read
One of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency goons was accused Friday of berating federal employees as they worked 36 hours straight to fire colleagues. … The marathon shift took place this week at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is reportedly in the process of having 90 percent of its staff cut by DOGE.
A federal judge pressed pause on those firings during an emergency hearing on Friday. She asserted the layoffs were taking place too quickly to comply with a previous court order, which allowed cuts but mandated they only occur after the completion of an assessment to determine whether a worker is needed, to uphold CFPB’s statutory responsibilities.
A declaration submitted in court by a reduction-in-force employee at CFPB alleged that Musk minion Gavin Kliger yelled at members of their team and forced them to rush to get pink slips out to all fired workers by Thursday. … “DOGE member Gavin Kliger managed the RIF. He kept the team up for 36 hours straight to ensure that the notices would go out yesterday,” the declaration read Friday. “Gavin was screaming at people he did not believe were working fast enough to ensure they could go out on this compressed timeline, calling them incompetent.”
That employee used a pseudonym out of fear of retaliation, but the declaration was submitted under the penalty of perjury. The worker added that Kliger told staffers to ignore the court-ordered individual-by-individual assessment requirement.
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Blog Post | February 20, 2025
DOGE Agent: Gavin Kliger
DOGE Agent: Gavin Kliger
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