Elon Musk has reinstated Marko Elez, a former DOGE employee, who resigned after his racist social media posts went viral.

DOGE staffer Marko Elez resigns after racist social media posts, including calls to normalise Indian hate, surface.

The DOGE staffer has been identified as Marko Elez, and earlier in the day he had controversially been given approval by a federal judge to access the U.S. Treasury’s payments database, along with a second employee working for Musk (pictured). While the judge did give him access, he restricted his ability to share data held within the system.

Earlier on Thursday, a federal judge approved Elez and another DOGE staff member to access the U.S. Treasury payment system.

Vice President JD Vance on Friday morning called for the reinstatement of a Department of Government Efficiency staff member who had resigned after being linked to racist posts he made on X under a pseudonym — a position endorsed hours later by President Trump.

President Donald Trump was asked about controversial DOGE staff Marko Elez who resigned from Elon Musk's team after his past social media posts surfaced. Trump said he was not aware of the specific case but if Vice President JD Vance is in favor of rehiring Elez,