I will continue to hold Elon Musk and DOGE to account and to defend the legal rights of Americans to protect our privacy and establish the security of our private information.
Continue to hold Elon Musk and DOGE to account and defend Americans' legal rights to privacy and secure personal information.
Occurrences
Evidence
Raskin says Elon Musk and DOGE have been accessing government computer data systems holding Americans' personal data, says he submitted his own Privacy Act request to DOGE, and states he will continue to hold Elon Musk and DOGE to account and defend privacy and the security of private information.
Raskin sent a letter to the Social Security Administration's Acting Director after reports of an outage, saying the incident followed an unauthorized takeover of Treasury's payment management system by Elon Musk and allies and that reliable access to the portal is critical to public trust.
At a press conference, Raskin said Musk 'doesn't have the power to destroy' USAID and declared, 'Who’s going to stop him? We are. We’re going to stop him,' while calling the intervention illegal and unconstitutional.
Raskin led Maryland congressional Democrats in a letter urging Commerce officials to defend NOAA against unlawful attacks by Elon Musk and DOGE associates and asking them to reject any effort to dismantle or privatize the agency.
Assessments
Raskin’s promise was an action-oriented federal oversight commitment rather than a pledge to enact a specific statute or produce a final legal remedy. The provided same-term evidence shows he continued public and formal oversight of Elon Musk and DOGE-related activity, including a Privacy Act request, letters seeking agency information or protection, and public constitutional objections. That materially matches the promised conduct to hold Musk and DOGE accountable and defend privacy and secure personal information, even though it does not show a completed broader policy outcome.
Raskin promised to continue oversight and accountability efforts regarding Elon Musk/DOGE and privacy/security of personal information. The evidence shows multiple same-term actions: a Privacy Act request, oversight letters concerning NOAA and SSA systems, and public opposition to Musk-linked agency actions. These satisfy meaningful continuation of oversight activity, but the promised outcome is broad and ongoing, with no evidence that Musk/DOGE were fully held to account or that Americans' privacy and secure personal information were definitively protected. Therefore the promise is best rated partial rather than delivered.