Turns out Trump & Musk didn’t create shit—Obama did. Obama created United States Digital Service (USDS) in 2014 to fix the Obamacare website after it melted down. Fast forward to 2025, Trump rebrands it DOGE but gives it a whole new mission: Find the Receipts. Legally untouchable because it was already fully funded and operational. Trump invokes 5 USC 3161, which allows him to create temporary hiring authorities. DOGE teams get embedded inside every single federal agency. Each team consists of a lawyer, HR rep,zoomer nerd , and an investigator. They report to DOGE, not the agency they’re embedded in but wait, there’s more!
Trump invokes 44 USC Chapter 35 which governs federal IT and cybersecurity oversight
Since USDS was originally an IT oversight body, DOGE now has full access to all federal data systems.
Yes, all of them. Executive order is written to block legal challenges. Includes language that overrides conflicting executive orders. Trump orders every agency to comply, refusing means they violate presidential authority. Congress can’t defund it because it’s not a new program, just a repurposed one. DOJ can’t sue for overreach because Trump used existing laws exactly as written. Dems trying to file legal challenges, but they run into standing issues because DOGE operates within existing frameworks.
Obama literally built the perfect Deep State IT backdoor. Trump & Musk just hacked the system and took the admin controls. Musk now has legal oversight of every major agency’s internal systems.
The Deep State can’t stop it without rewriting multiple federal laws. Musk and Trump legally outplayed the system and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Basically Obama created DOGE.