Musk is just an adviser with no power to make decisions, White House claims

Legal filing says billionaire Trump aide is not an employee of so-called department of government efficiency'

Billionaire Elon Musk's role in Donald Trump's second presidential administration is as an Oval Office employee and senior adviser to the president - and is not an employee of the so-called department of government efficiency" (Doge) and has no decision-making authority, the White House said in a court filing on Monday.

According to a filing signed by Joshua Fisher, director of the office of administration at the White House, Musk can only advise Trump and communicate the president's directives.