Whistle at DOGE. Then His Brakes Cut

On April 14, 2025, Dan Berulis, an IT official at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Congressional whistleblower complaint is a surprising and urgent statement: Called Department of Public Works (DOGE) seemed to have messed up the agency’s information and seemed to be pulling it out of the NLRB entirely. In addition, Berulis said that after a few minutes the members of the DOGE obtained information about the organization, it seems that there are attempts to access the IP address in Russia.

At that time, DOGE groups, made up of billionaires Elon Muskhe was sweeping the entire stateshooting government employees, and accessing sensitive data and technology systems with no oversight and little transparency.

The next day, Berulis appeared in public NPR story and his name and his claims. In it, he said that before the Congressional disclosure, a threatening letter was written on his door, including pictures of him walking his dog that appeared to have been taken by a drone. Berulis was already worried that speaking out would make him a target.

In a new defamation lawsuit, filed by Berulis in DC court on April 17 and made public this week, Berulis claims that Musk himself made him the target of further violence by falsely claiming that Berulis’ claims about DOGE were false. The complaint was originally filed because Berulis has a security clearance that requires review before anything related to his employment with the government.

Five days after the NPR story began, on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, Berulis drove to Maryland to visit his uncle one last time, choosing local roads over the nearest highway. Five minutes after Berulis left his home, he realized something was wrong. As he approached the stop sign at the intersection, his car did not slow down. He ran off the road and into the sign. When he checked his car, he found something that scared him: His brakes had been cut.

Berulis didn’t know at the time, last night, on April 19, at 8:06 pm, Musk was he also shared X’s note from the right-wing leader Mario Nawfal, saying that the DOGE was “dismissed” and people were asking the Department of Justice to investigate Berulis. Musk shared Nawfal’s post, writing, “Intentionally writing falsehoods is a serious crime.” This article was originally published by @amuse, an account that often tells people lies and lies and is followed by celebrities as Musk and Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The @amuse post included Berulis’ name and photo.

According to a police report seen by WIRED, when a Prince William County sheriff arrived at the scene, Berulis’ attorney from Whistleblower Aid, Andrew Bakaj, who helped Berulis file his DRM complaint against DOGE, was also at the scene.

Berulis, who learned of Musk’s tweet after the accident, also considered the threat posted on his door that month.

According to the decision, “Musk’s readers said that Berulis committed a serious crime, “as he was liable to be charged, arrested, harmed, or imprisoned,” and that this placed him at “an increased risk of harm.” In responses to the post, which remain online, several users called for Berulis to be prosecuted. One the user wrote“Weavers sew”.

“The connection was obvious to me, and it was time,” he says. Berulis also began to worry that the person threatening him knew where he lived.