Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy explained Wednesday that contrary to claims by Democrats and “well-heeled left-wing groups,” the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is “legitimate.”
President Donald Trump established DOGE in a Jan. 20 executive order that repurposed the United States Digital Service and added additional responsibilities to the commission involving the hiring of new federal employees with a Tuesday order. McCarthy reacted to legal attacks on DOGE from Democrats and government unions arguing the during an appearance on “Fox and Friends.” (RELATED: You Won’t Believe How Many Times Corporate Media Outlets Regurgitated Newest Liberal Talking Point About Trump, Musk)
“The litigation is kind of designed to slow things down and they have vast resources to conduct this kind of litigation. You have sort of these cabals of state attorneys general, you have all kinds of well-heeled left-wing groups that can do this. But ultimately, I think, if you get clear rulings from the court, a lot of this stuff will fade away,” McCarthy told guest host Emily Compagno. “It seems to me the weakest position that they have is that executive branch officials, and whether they like it or not, they keep calling it the so-called DOGE, as if it didn’t exist, it actually is a component of the executive office of the president in the White House, it’s a refinement of something that was begun under Obama.”
“So, this is a legitimate government entity, and they answer to the president, who runs the executive branch,” McCarthy continued. “So the idea that an executive official answerable to the president, can’t look at what’s going on in executive agencies is pretty nutty and I think that should fade away fast.”
A Feb. 4 memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) stated that Chief Information Officers at government agencies should be re-classified as political appointees and would work with DOGE. […]
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