A 19-year-old man known as “Big Balls” who played a key role in the DOGE initiative to shrink the size of government was assaulted over the weekend in Washington, according to city police.
Edward Coristine, who still works for the government, was assaulted by approximately 10 juveniles near Dupont Circle about 3 a.m. Sunday, according to a police report obtained by POLITICO.
Coristine told the officers the assailants approached him outside his vehicle while he was with a woman — identified in the report as his “significant other” — and made a comment about taking it, according to the report. He told officers that he got the other person into the vehicle just before he was attacked.
A fellow DOGE staffer, Marko Elez, took the photo of the bloodied Coristine after the attack.
Coristine, who now works for the Social Security Administration, has held key roles in DOGE’s efforts, including its move to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development. He also worked within the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Transportation Security Administration, helping on initiatives, including Gold Cards.
Elon Musk, the former head of DOGE, claimed on X that “a gang of about a dozen young men tried to assault a woman in her car at night in DC,” and that “A @Doge team member saw what was happening, ran to defend her and was severely beaten to the point of concussion, but he saved her.”
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Should be investigated as a hit.
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