WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk, tasked by President Donald Trump with shrinking the federal government, is a "special government employee" but is not receiving a U.S. paycheck, a senior White House official said on Monday.
Musk, who still runs TeslaTSLA.O and SpaceX while chairing Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, is following the law, the official said.