Treasury Dept policy advisor admits employees who 'don't do their jobs' should be fired: OMG

Nate Johnson, Policy Advisor for the U.S. Treasury, admitted while on hidden camera with an OMG undercover journalist that he “knows a few” government officials who “don’t do their jobs” in defiance of DOGE. He said that what Elon Musk is doing with DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, is “government sanctioned harassment.” 

Clips recorded by a James O’Keefe Media Group, OMG undercover journalist show Johnson saying that DOGE shouldn’t have access to the treasury department due to “risks to national security.” 

He also seemingly implies on video that information from Treasury systems could be given away to foreign powers, saying “they could give it to a foreign country. You can be American and you can still give that information away [to a foreign country.]”

"There’s a class of people in this country who care more about the money than they do about the country," said Johnson to the undercover OMG journalist.

Johnson claims that Musk’s push for Department of Government Efficiency-driven mass layoffs is greed, saying, "He’s showing what he really cares about is money. So, in theory, all he wants is more money." 

Johnson also admits that many Treasury employees deserve to be fired, conceding that Musk is targeting those "who don’t do their jobs." He adds that he "know[s] a few of them," elaborating, "There are people that I know who’ve been working for the government for, like, 40 years. And they don’t do much."

"No one's quitting because everyone's dug in their feet," Johnson says on video.

James O’Keefe tweeted on Wednesday: “OMG reached out to Johnson for comment, but he firmly responded, 'I'm going to have to decline to be named.' Despite our efforts to encourage him to speak on the record, he maintained his position. In response, James O'Keefe stated, “I am going to do this story, with or without your permission.” Johnson ultimately ended the conversation without providing further comment.”