- U.S. Marshals have deputized members of Elon Musk’s security team.
Elon Musk does not have a Secret Service detail, so his security team was limited in where they could go in Washington, D.C.
Now that his security has been deputized, they will have more access and can carry firearms in Federal buildings.
The Trump administration also deputized some IRS agents to assist with illegal immigration deportations.
Per CNN:
The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter told CNN.
It was not immediately clear how many members of Musk’s security team were made special deputies.
Musk, the tech billionaire and ally of President Donald Trump, does not currently have a US Secret Service detail – meaning members of his personal security detail were limited in what they could do in Washington, DC.
Now that members have been deputized, they have more rights and could be authorized to carry weapons on federal grounds. It also means that if something went awry with the detail, the Marshals Service could be held legally liable, one law enforcement source said.
CNN has reached out to the Justice Department and the US Marshals Service for comment.
Some people close to Trump’s White House have been taken aback by the scale of security that has surrounded Musk since he became a regular presence in Trump’s orbit last year. The detail rivaled only that of the president himself, the sources observed.
Musk, who is running the new Department of Government Efficiency, has become increasingly concerned with his security since Trump took office a month ago and has told those around him that the level of death threats against him has increased, according to a person with direct knowledge of his comments.
He hinted at those concerns during an interview at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, saying on stage: “I don’t actually have a death wish.”
“It’s not enormous,” Musk said of his security detail. “Maybe it should be bigger.”
Per Fox News:
https://wltreport.com/2025/02/21/elon-musk-security-team-gets-deputized-u-s/The Trump administration is looking to deputize Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents to take on and assist with illegal immigration enforcement efforts, according to a senior official with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
DHS sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting that the IRS provide agents to be used for immigration enforcement efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The senior DHS official said the expectation is that the request will be approved.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who signed the letter, said President Donald Trump directed her agency to “take all appropriate action to supplement available personnel to secure the southern border and enforce the immigration laws of the United States,” even through use of the agency’s authority to deputize federal employees to perform immigration functions.
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