Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old high-profile operative for the Department of Government Efficiency, has joined the Social Security Administration, according to two Trump administration officials.
“His work will be focused on improving the functionality of the Social Security website and advancing our mission of delivering more efficient service to the American people,” said Stephen McGraw, a spokesman for the Social Security agency.
A White House official said on Tuesday that Mr. Coristine had resigned entirely from the federal government. However, the official later said Mr. Coristine had in fact resigned only from the General Services Administration, the agency DOGE has used to coordinate many of its activities, citing an internal miscommunication.
Mr. Coristine, known by the online pseudonym “Big Balls,” is joining Social Security as a special government employee, an executive branch appointee named to “perform important, but limited, services to the government, with or without compensation, for a period not to exceed 130 days” during a one-year period, according to Mr. McGraw and the White House official, who was not authorized to speak publicly.
In addition to the General Services Administration, Mr. Coristine had been involved in DOGE activities in the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services and Homeland Security.
He was also involved in efforts to slash the State Department’s budget, helping to direct plans to close diplomatic offices and fire overseas employees. He later moved on to assist in building a system for the United States to sell special immigration visas, which President Trump has labeled “gold cards,” for $5 million apiece.
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