A scandalous DOGE employee with the nickname “Big Balls” resigned from the U.S. government

Edward Coristin, one of the most prominent representatives of the Doge movement in the US government, has left federal service, a White House spokesman has confirmed. The young official, formerly known online as Big Balls, became the unofficial face of Ilon Musk’s program to dismantle bureaucracy and introduce technology into the state apparatus.

Coristin, just 19 years old, has worked for several agencies, including CISA, DHS, and the Social Security Administration. His career rise has been accompanied by a mixed reputation, with investigative journalism linking him to hacker forums, suspicious data leaks and conflicts over professional unfitness. Despite this, he became a favorite of Musk, who actively promoted him as a symbol of “new efficiency”.

The Doge project, initiated by Musk, was built from the very beginning on attracting non-standard personnel – often without experience, but with technical acumen and loyalty to the ideology. After the billionaire left the administration in May, the Doge structure began to gradually lose key members. Musk was followed by his trusted confidants Steve Davis, head of day-to-day operations, and Brad Smith, overseer of health care.

Coristin’s resignation could be either the result of internal investigations or a reaction to a loss of patronage. Wired previously reported on his past history of private chats with cybercriminals, and Bloomberg claimed he had already faced dismissals due to unauthorized transmissions of information.

Against the backdrop of Coristin’s departure, the question remains whether Doge will continue to exist as a political project. Although a significant part of its staff is still in place, the systemic reforms initiated by Musk are losing momentum. According to the newspaper, the key coordinator of the direction is now Russell Vought, the ideologist of the far-right strategy Project 2025.

The departure of one of Doge’s most odious figures may signal the beginning of the end of an ambitious and highly controversial experiment in redesigning the federal government with a reliance on startup culture and Internet memes.