The U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. — Ed Martin, who was appointed by President Donald Trump — has launched an inquiry into a critical comment Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, recently made about Elon Musk.

Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democratic darling from Long Beach, is facing scrutiny from President Trump's Department of Justice for his recent comments about Elon Musk. Garcia has skewered Musk on several occasions since the billionaire began his mission to gut the federal government using his newly created Department of Government Efficiency,

President Donald Trump said that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend.

President Donald Trump said he "loves" the idea of giving some of the savings from billionaire businessman Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency – or DOGE – back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend.

Could your next check from the government be a DOGE dividend? It might be after President Trump weighed in as a fan of Elon Musk’s idea to send Department of Government Efficiency savings directly to the American people.