If people filed lawsuits seeking #disclosure of his emails or the op’s records under #FOIA, the arrangement would set the admin up to argue that such docs were exempt. In contrast w/agencies like the #OMB, FOIA does not apply to a president’s WH advisers or to WH entities that advise him but wield no formal #power, like the #NSC.
As he developed his strategy, #Musk drew guidance on how the executive branch operates from #Trump’s senior adviser #StephenMiller & his wife, Katie.