{"id":33604,"date":"2026-03-07T18:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/court-rules-musk-wont-face-deposition-on-government-efficiency-role\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:33:27","slug":"court-rules-musk-wont-face-deposition-on-government-efficiency-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/court-rules-musk-wont-face-deposition-on-government-efficiency-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Rules Musk Won’t Face Deposition on Government Efficiency Role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court decided Wednesday that billionaire Elon Musk, who previously served as an advisor to former President Trump, will be spared from giving a deposition concerning his role at the helm of the Department of Government Efficiency and his participation in dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development.<\/p>

The court’s decision means Musk will not have to answer questions under oath about his activities during his time leading the government efficiency department or his involvement in the elimination of the federal foreign aid agency.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A federal appeals court has determined that billionaire Elon Musk will not be required to give a deposition regarding his leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency. The ruling also covers questions about his involvement in dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772926407426.jpg?fit=450%2C308&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-8K0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62664,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/investment-group-calls-for-sec-review-of-musks-spacex-stock-market-launch\/","url_meta":{"origin":33604,"position":0},"title":"Investment Group Calls for SEC Review of Musk’s SpaceX Stock Market Launch","author":"Admin","date":"May 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A pension fund advisory group is asking federal regulators to closely examine SpaceX's financial documents as the rocket company prepares for what could be the largest stock market debut in history. 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