- Steve Davis is leaving the White House DOGE office.
- Davis, a longtime ally of Elon Musk, was a top official on the team.
- Musk began his process of leaving the White House on Wednesday.
Steve Davis, Elon Musk’s right-hand man, is following the Tesla CEO out the DOGE door.
A White House official confirmed to Business Insider that Davis, who is also a leader of Musk’s Boring Company, has left the DOGE team. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of Davis’ exit.
On Wednesday, Musk began his off-boarding process as he neared the end of his 130-day mark as a special government employee.
Musk had previously said on a Tesla earnings call that he would be spending more of his time focusing on the company, which has borne the brunt of the backlash to the billionaire’s work in the Trump administration.
Musk and Davis’ departures signal the beginning of a new era for the “Department of Government Efficiency,” Trump’s singular effort to reshape the federal workforce.
Davis was among the small handful of DOGE office officials who joined Musk for a March panel interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier. Their appearances came as the White House sought to improve the image of the DOGE team amid significant pushback from congressional Democrats.
It remains to be seen what will become of the DOGE office. Multiple legal challenges to mass layoffs pushed by the DOGE team remain ongoing, as does a separate legal fight over whether the office will be required to make some of its records public under the Freedom of Information Act.
The White House has repeatedly said that Amy Gleason, a federal data cruncher, is leading the DOGE office. After months of speculation about who exactly was in charge of the effort, the White House formally named Gleason the acting DOGE office administrator.
Musk has pushed for Congress to enshrine some of the DOGE office’s cuts into law. After multiple delays, Trump is set to send a proposal to Congress asking lawmakers to approve $9.4 billion in cuts.
An Office of Management and Budget spokesperson previously confirmed to BI that the package is expected to include $1.1 billion in cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.
A representative for the Boring Company did not immediately respond to BI’s request for comment.
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