Member of Elon Musk's DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface
Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.
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Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.
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