House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries left the door open to a congressional investigation into Elon Musk as threats to probe both the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and other Trump allies continue to heat up under a new Democratic House majority.
“We’re going to follow the facts,” Jeffries said about the potential investigation. “We’re going to apply the law. We’re gonna be guided by the Constitution.”
Musk has emerged as a potential target of Democratic oversight, with some lawmakers calling for scrutiny of his time as head of the DOGE. The calls for an investigation come as Democrats have started rallying the party to look into alleged corruption under the Trump administration after coming out victorious in midterms.
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Asked whether Musk should be investigated by the new Democratic majority, Jeffries declined to commit to a probe, instead pointing to the lawmakers expected to lead the party’s oversight efforts.
“Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia are going to lead our oversight efforts,” Jeffries told Fox News Digital. “And I defer to them at the moment.”
Raskin, D-Md., has already signaled that DOGE could face congressional scrutiny, telling Fox News Digital last week that he believes an investigation is warranted, even as he acknowledged having no specific plan.
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“I had no specific plan,” Raskin told Fox News Digital about the potential investigations. “Look … DOGE was a catastrophe for America, and at least one committee, I feel pretty certain, will investigate it. It needs to investigate it.”
After taking the majority, the prospects for new investigations come as Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., are positioned to be chairs of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees.
Raskin, Garcia, Jeffries and Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse have already begun strategizing plans for the investigatory agenda.
Meanwhile, Jeffries is in the running for Speaker of the House after formally announcing his bid just a day after Democrats took back the majority in the midterm elections. Democrats have not been united in their decision to back Jeffries, or another candidate, to represent the party as House speaker.
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Leadership elections for House Democrats will be held on Nov. 18 with members voting with “secret ballots” to keep their individual nominations private.
Jeffries will need a simple majority of Democrats to be nominated, but to be formally elected as House speaker, he’ll need to get 218 floor votes.
