The White House claimed Tuesday that one million federal workers replied to Elon Musk’s demand for them to detail the week’s accomplishments, CNN reported. The Office of Personnel sent out the email to millions of workers on Saturday demanding “approx.

More than a million federal employees complied with Elon Musk’s directive to list five accomplishments in the past week, according to the White House. “I can announce that we had more than one million workers who have chosen to participate in this very simple task of again sending five bullet points to your direct supervisor

Elon Musk’s threat to federal employees is the latest episode to call into question the White House’s downplaying of his authority.