Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – heads of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency – have suggested that Donald Trump could require government employees to work in the office five days a week as part of reducing the federal workforce.

The Guardian’s Sam Levine reports:

“Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome: If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t pay them for the Covid-era privilege of staying home,” Musk and Ramaswamy wrote in a Wednesday op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Trump has tapped both men to lead the newly created department of government efficiency.

The two men, who have no prior experience in government, also suggested Trump would undertake “large-scale firings” and relocate government agencies outside of Washington.

Musk requires employees at SpaceX and Tesla to work in person and has described it as a moral issue.

“People should get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work-from-home bullshit,” he said in 2023.

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A spokesperson for Donald Trump’s transition said that the police report “corroborates what Mr [Pete] Hegseth’s attorney’s have said all along”, the Associated Press reports.

“The incident was fully investigated and no charges were filed because police found the allegations to be false,” the spokesperson said.

The report, however, does not state that Monterey police found the allegations to be false. The offence code in the report was listed as “rape: victim unconscious of the nature of the act”.

The report ended with the reporting police officer writing, “I recommend this case report be forwarded to the Monterey county district attorney’s office for review.”

According to the report, the woman, identified as Jane Doe, “stated she observed Pete Hegseth acting inappropriately” with women at the conference, adding that he told her she was a “nice guy”.

The report stated:

“Hegseth would rub the women on their legs and Jane Doe thought that his actions were inappropriate. Jane Doe had texted [redacted] that Hegseth was giving off a ‘creeper’ vibe. The women thought Hegseth was ‘dreamy’ and wanted pictures with Hegseth. Jane Doe stated she had also taken a picture with Hegseth, earlier in the day …”

The report went on to add:

“Jane Doe stated she remembered walking out of the bar and assumed Hegseth followed her because she argued with Hegseth near the pool. The argument was about Hegseth’s actions with the women at the conference. Jane Doe remembered Hegseth tell her that he was a nice guy.

Jane Doe stated the next memory she had was when she was in an unknown room. Jane Doe did not know where she was and how she got to the room. Hegseth was in the room with her. Jane Doe remembered having her phone and Hegseth inquired to whom Jane Doe was texting. Hegseth took her phone from her hands. Jane Doe stated she got up and tried to leave the room, but Hegseth blocked the door with his body. Jane Doe remembered saying ‘no’ a lot. Jane Doe stated she did not remember much else.”

The woman then recalled being on a bed or a couch with Hegseth over her, with his dog tags hovering over her shirt. She added that she saw Hegseth “fully nude” during this incident.

According to the woman, her next memory was when Hegseth ejaculated on her stomach before throwing a towel at her and asking, “Are you okay?”

The woman’s last memory is of her walking into her room. She told the police that she did not remember how she got back to her room.

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