Adam Hoffman

Analyst, age 24

A former staffer at the Griffin’s Citadel hedge fund, he joined DOGE sometime in April and was assigned to a team that is using DOJ databases to assemble information on immigrants.

Positions

Position	Notes
DHS	Sources Musk’s DOGE Hires Griffin Staffer for National Security Work Bloomberg Government, 2025-03-19 Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 2026-01-09 DHS c.3/19/25 ($167,603)
DOJ	Source Justice Dept. agrees to let DOGE access sensitive immigration case data The Washington Post, 2025-04-21 DOGE DOJ 4/21/25 detailed

Systems

System	Notes
ECAS DOJ	Source Justice Dept. agrees to let DOGE access sensitive immigration case data The Washington Post, 2025-04-21 Executive Office for Immigration Review's Court and Appeals System 4/21/25 A system used by DOJ for tracking the status of immigration cases unknown access

Events

Date	Event
3/19/25 DHS, DOD, EPA, GSA	Source Trump Wanted ‘More Action Against Universities.’ His Staff Scrambled to Punish Penn. NOTUS, 2025-07-07 Interagency During a discussion on how to strip grants from the University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State, GSA FAS Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum sends an email to coordinate grant freezes from DOD, DHS and the EPA. He includes DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt, Adam Hoffman and Kathryn Armstrong Loving as the recipients of these requests. Adam Hoffman, Josh Gruenbaum, Kathryn Armstrong Loving, Kyle Schutt
3/19/25 DOGE	Source Musk’s DOGE Hires Griffin Staffer for National Security Work Bloomberg Government, 2025-03-19 Onboard DOGE has reportedly hired Adam Hoffman to work on national security related projects. It is unclear if he is working directly for DOGE or is formally hired at another agency.

Date

Event

3/19/25

DHS, DOD, EPA, GSA

Interagency

During a discussion on how to strip grants from the University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State, GSA FAS Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum sends an email to coordinate grant freezes from DOD, DHS and the EPA. He includes DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt, Adam Hoffman and Kathryn Armstrong Loving as the recipients of these requests.

Adam Hoffman, Josh Gruenbaum, Kathryn Armstrong Loving, Kyle Schutt

3/19/25

DOGE

Onboard

DOGE has reportedly hired Adam Hoffman to work on national security related projects. It is unclear if he is working directly for DOGE or is formally hired at another agency.