FBI Director Kash Patel advised staff to carry off on responding to an e-mail, despatched at tech billionaire Elon Musk’s path, asking federal staff to record their accomplishments through the earlier week.
In a memo obtained by NewsNation, Patel stated the bureau would deal with future responses to the Workplace of Personnel Administration (OPM) inquiries.
“FBI personnel may have received an email from OPM requesting information,” Patel wrote in his message. “The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures.”
“When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses,” Patel continued. “For now, please pause any responses.”
Musk — who has led the White Home effort to slash the federal authorities — introduced Saturday afternoon on X that federal staff would quickly get an e-mail “requesting to understand what they got done last week.”
“Failure to response will be taken as a resignation,” he added.
The message, reviewed by The Hill, advised federal staff to “please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullet points of what you accomplished last week,” copying their supervisor, by 11:59 p.m. EST Monday.
The FBI just isn’t alone in instructing its personnel to not reply to the e-mail, at the least for now.
NBC Information reported that the State Division instructed its staff not to answer the e-mail.
“The State Department will respond on behalf of the Department. No employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their Department chain of command,” learn a discover from Amb. Tibor Nagy, appearing beneath secretary for administration on the State Division.
The Hill has reached out to the State Division for remark.
