Justin Aimonetti

Lawyer, age 31
Exited govt: 7/30/25 (verified)
Identified as one of DOGE’s growing army of lawyers, Justin Aimonetti has most recently been involved in DOGE’s shutdown efforts against small independent agencies like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, acting as a point of contact between DOGE teams from the GSA and the White House through his Executive Office of the President (EOP) email address.

Positions

Appointed:
2/10/25-7/30/25 $167,503 «start date derived from GSA visitor logs»
Offboarding:
Left govt 7/30/25 (verified)
Source: Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25
Source: Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source: FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26
Source: LinkedIn post from Justin Aimonetti LinkedIn, 7/30/25
Detailed To:
2/24/25-7/26/25 detailed from GSA
Offboarding:
Left govt 7/30/25 (verified)
Source: The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26
Detailed To:
3/03/25 detailed from GSA
Offboarding:
Left govt 7/30/25 (verified)
Source: The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26
Detailed To:
3/04/25 detailed from GSA «Inferring from Cavanaugh start»
Offboarding:
Left govt 7/30/25 (verified)
Source: The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26

Events

c.1/21/25
Interagency Coordination:
Future DOGE employee Justin Fox is contacted by Anthony Armstrong and is recruited to work there by him and other DOGE employees who communicate with him over Signal.
Question: Fuzz: Exact date not given, but he testifies that Anthony Armstrong reached out just after inauguration
Person: Anthony Armstrong, Ethan Shaotran, Josh Gruenbaum, Justin Aimonetti, Justin Fox, Nate Cavanaugh
Source: The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26
Agency: DOGE, GSA, OPM
2/10/25
Appointed:
Justin Aimonetti starts at GSA.
Appointed: Justin Aimonetti 2/10/25-7/30/25
Salary: $167,503
Source: Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25
Source: Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source: FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26
Source: LinkedIn post from Justin Aimonetti LinkedIn, 7/30/25
Note: start date derived from GSA visitor logs
2/24/25
3/03/25
3/04/25
Detailed To:
Justin Aimonetti detailed from GSA to USIP
GSA Detailed To: USIP Justin Aimonetti 3/04/25
Source: The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26
Note: Inferring from Cavanaugh start
3/05/25
Identification:
The Intercept receives a list of 30 DOGE staffers working within the Executive Office of the President (EOP), including 4 lawyers previously not listed
3/20/25
Identification:
Wired Magazine list DOGE staff stationed within GSA, all of whom were listed on GSA payroll on March 20, the same day Stephen Ehikian claimed there were no DOGE staff in the agency.
3/26/25
Identification:
Politico publishes a list of 10 lawyers that it says are linked to DOGE.
4/29/25
Interagency Coordination:
Nate Cavanaugh sends an email to the two remaining members of the CPB board requesting a meeting. He describes a DOGE team at GSA and cc’s several other members of DOGE
Person: Jonathan Mendelson, Justin Aimonetti, Justin Fox, Nate Cavanaugh
Source: CPB v. Trump, doc 12-1 Court Document, 5/09/25
Agency: CPB, DOGE, GSA
5/13/25
Identification:
In an overview of how DOGE has tried to assign teams outside of the executive branch, NPR lists six DOGE staffers at GSA who are involved with those efforts.
7/26/25
Offboarding:
Justin Aimonetti ends detailed position at DOGE
7/30/25
Offboarding:
Justin Aimonetti leaves role at GSA (exits govt. service)
Appointed: Justin Aimonetti 2/10/25-7/30/25
Salary: $167,503
Source: Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25
Source: Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source: FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26
Source: LinkedIn post from Justin Aimonetti LinkedIn, 7/30/25
Note: start date derived from GSA visitor logs