It was not signed by a government official, but it had Elon Musk's blessing, Monday's amended lawsuit said. The billionaire's @elonmusk X account had heralded the email's arrival,

Officials at the FBI and State Department sent their staff emails telling them not to respond outside their chains of command, in a possible sign of tension between the president's allies and Elon Musk.

Emails began going out to the 2.3-million federal employees Saturday asking for five bullet points of their accomplishments.

In an email, Elon Musk told hundreds of thousands of federal workers they have until just before Tuesday to explain what they accomplished over the last week. Some departments told employees not to respond.