Senator Grassley on Tuesday released an email revealing a special FBI Agent tried to open a criminal investigation into Elon Musk for asking about government employees’ weekly productivity.
Last year, Elon Musk, through DOGE, asked federal employees to list “five things” they accomplished during the week.
The email was blasted out to federal employees with the subject line, “What did you do last week?”
Musk received intense backlash for asking federal employees to list their weekly accomplishments.
Elon Musk and the OPM later clarified that it was voluntary to respond to DOGE’s “five things” email and that a nonresponse would not trigger in a termination.
Then-Special Agent Kevin Gounaud urged FBI agents to investigate Elon Musk and said the billionaire violated information security policies.
Gounaud also said that Elon Musk profited off of his “five things” email by promoting it on X.
Grassley released other records on Tuesday ahead of a Committee hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel.
#BREAKING: An email released by @ChuckGrassley shows a former FBI Special Agent wanted to launch a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION into @elonmusk for asking about government employees’ weekly productivity.
“I would like to recommend the opening of a criminal 58 matter…”
“And no, I’m… pic.twitter.com/mONnX3isNc
— Senate Judiciary Republicans (@SenJudiciaryGOP) September 15, 2026
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