Men in DOGE shirts and MAGA hats show up at SF city hall demanding files: officials

Three men donning shirts and hats referencing Donald Trump's famous campaign slogan and Elon Musk's task force showed up at San Francisco's City Hall on Friday demanding employees surrender files, authorities said Friday.

The men were dressed in "DOGE" shirts, referring to Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, and hats with Trump's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again," the city's sheriff's office wrote in a news release.

Around noon Friday, the trio entered multiple offices at City Hall "demanding that employees turn over digital information related to alleged wasteful government spending and fraud," the sheriff's office said.

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The employees refused the requests and called sheriff’s deputies. The men fled the building before authorities arrived.

Investigators are reviewing security footage for clues.

"We do not believe the individuals requesting access to City files were representatives from DOGE," the sheriff's office said.

The report comes as Musk's DOGE slashes billions out of the federal government, targeting numerous departments and agencies, and laying off thousands.