Member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface

A statue of Alexander Hamilton is seen outside the U.S. Department of Treasury building in a 2023 file photo. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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A staffer connected to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency resigned on Thursday after now-deleted racist social media posts were resurfaced.

The resignation was confirmed by a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Marko Elez, a 25-year-old software engineer, was working inside the Treasury Department to cut costs and root out fraud, as part of Musk’s DOGE effort. Elez, who formerly worked at Musk companies X and SpaceX, was one of

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