Karoline Leavitt tears into ‘toothless’ move by Elizabeth Warren targeting DOGE’s Elon Musk for ‘corruption’

Donald Trump’s spokeswoman called a letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren “toothless” after she sent aaccused his closest ally Elon Musk of ‘corruption.’

Trump, 78, tapped Musk to become co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after the world’s richest man went all-in to help him win the 2024 election.

It’s almost unusual these days to see the president-elect in public without the tech billionaire hovering nearby, whether in Florida, New York or Washington.

The progressive lawmaker raised concerns about Musk’s ability to work with the government due to possible “conflicts of interest.”

In a letter to Trump on Monday, Warren described his “concerns” about the “dual role” Musk is playing in the new government and the private sector.

But Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s incoming press secretary, responded fervently, essentially telling the senator to make that move as Musk remains a virtual fixture at Mar-a-Lago.

“President Trump has assembled the most impressive and qualified team of innovators, entrepreneurs and geniuses to advise and staff our government,” Leavitt said in a statement to DailyMail.com.

“Pocahontas can play politics and send toothless letters, but the Trump-Vance transition will continue to meet the highest possible ethical and legal standards – a standard unknown for a career politician whose social impact is 1/1024th that of Elon Musk she continued.

Pocahontas is a controversial nickname Trump has long used for the Massachusetts Democrat after she falsely claimed she had significant Native American heritage.

The Massachusetts lawmaker noted that Musk was closely involved with the president-elect and would play his planned role in addressing government waste through DOGE.

President-elect Donald Trump’s spokeswoman called a letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren “toothless.”

But she warned “Musk is no ordinary citizen” and pointed out that he is the CEO of several companies with “significant interests to the federal government” — including obtaining indirect subsidies and federal contracts worth billions.

Warren also argued that Musk’s other companies “have an ongoing interest in how the government does or does not enforce labor laws, workplace safety regulations, environmental regulations and other federal laws.”

‘Sir. Musk’s substantial private interests create a huge conflict of interest with the role he has taken on as your “unofficial co-president,” Warren wrote.

“Right now, the American public has no way of knowing whether the advice he’s secretly whispering to you is good for the country — or just good for his own bottom line,” she continued.

Warren pointed out that federal rules on financial conflicts of interest “prohibit federal employees from working on certain matters that affect their own financial interests.”

She also cited the Trump transition team’s own ethics plan on avoiding actual and apparent conflicts.

Pocahontas is a controversial nickname Trump has long used for the Massachusetts Democrat after claiming she had Native American ancestry

Musk stands with Trump and newly elected Vice President Vance at the Army-Navy game on December 14

The senator asked the president-elect or his transition team to provide a series of answers to fourteen questions about Musk’s role as co-chairman of DOGE and whether he will recuse himself from matters affecting his companies.

Separately from Musk, she asked what penalties will be imposed if individuals do not meet the transition team’s ethical standards and questioned whether DOGE’s data will be retained and released to the public.

“As your Transition Team Ethics Plan makes clear, it is not the role of government to line the pockets of the wealthiest Americans; a strong, enforceable ethics plan for the world’s richest man is a necessary first step to making that promise a reality,” she wrote.

Elon Musk with his son on Capitol Hill after meeting with lawmakers on December 5

But Trump’s transition team fired back with a fiery response, essentially telling the senator to shift it as Musk remains a near-permanent fixture at Mar-a-Lago.

The pair have fallen out since Trump’s first term in the White House, as the progressive lawmaker remains a fierce critic of the Republican leader and his team, pushing the nominations of a string of billionaires.

But Warren has indicated in recent weeks that there are areas where she could see herself working with the incoming administration, including on credit card rate caps.