Secrecy preceded shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters
- Posted on February 10, 2025
- By The Globe and Mail
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Secrecy preceded shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters
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The way the shutdown was handled contradicts insistence by the White House that Elon Musk is transparently fulfilling President Donald Trump’s goal of downsizing the U.S. government