The fallout from Elon Musk’s abrupt exit from his White House role took a sharp new turn Thursday night as Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) appeared on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” to level serious allegations against the billionaire tech mogul and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Trump-era initiative Musk led for 130 days.
What began as a discussion about Musk’s influence and access quickly escalated into accusations of possible criminal conduct, centered around the installation of servers reportedly linked to DOGE within the White House complex.
Co-host Symone Sanders opened the segment by pressing Subramanyam on a detail largely overlooked in recent headlines: the servers allegedly installed by Musk’s DOGE team inside the White House. According to Sanders, those servers remain in place even after Musk’s official departure, raising serious questions about data access, oversight, and long-term control of sensitive governmental infrastructure.
“They installed servers within the White House complex,” Sanders noted. “The servers, I don’t think, have left the White House. So what are Democrats going to do about the data?”
Subramanyam’s response was stark and combative:
“Yeah, those servers are a big issue. We want to continue to investigate that. And certainly, I think some crimes may have been committed over the past three or four months, and they are going to come to light one way or another.”
He went even further, pledging action if Democrats regain broader investigative powers:
“Even if it takes us getting into power again, we will subpoena people and find out.”
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was established by executive order on Trump’s first day back in office, with a sweeping mandate to cut waste, fraud, and abuse across federal agencies. Under Musk, the department claimed to have saved over $175 billion, including via digital infrastructure audits and IT modernization efforts—which reportedly included setting up new server systems in sensitive areas of government.
Until now, those technological reforms were seen as cost-saving measures. But Subramanyam’s remarks suggest Democrats may view them as Trojan horses, potentially giving Musk and his team access to protected data, or worse, laying the groundwork for inappropriate surveillance or information harvesting within the executive branch.
FISHING EXPEDITION: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) tells MSNBC that if Democrats retake the House, a top priority will be subpoenas for @elonmusk and @doge staff with a goal of criminal referrals.
“I think some crimes may have been committed over the past 3 or 4 months.” pic.twitter.com/zXA8dP9Nbn
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 30, 2025
This development also throws gasoline on already simmering allegations that Musk operated beyond the legal limits of his “special government employee” status—something critics like Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) have previously likened to “outsourcing government to a billionaire who answers to no one.”
Subramanyam’s phrasing—“some crimes may have been committed”—was deliberately cautious, yet still significant. By suggesting that criminal behavior could be tied to Musk’s short stint in Washington, the Virginia Democrat raised the stakes in what had largely been a policy-based debate. If these servers indeed provided unauthorized data access or created covert communication channels, the legal consequences could be severe.
Though he did not cite specific statutes or investigations, Subramanyam’s vow to use subpoena power hints at a broader Democratic strategy to make Musk’s role in government a post-administration legal battlefield.
