Tarak Makecha
Wrecker
, analyst, age 38
Tech Industry Links: Tesla
Tarak Makecha is the former head of stategic planning for Tesla Energy. More recently, he has been listed as a vice president at Valor Equity Partners, the investment firm run by Antonio Gracias and the employer of Jon Koval and Payton Rehling. Although he describes himself as a software engineer, he comes from a backgroun in finance. In that capacity, he has been reviewing and cancelling grants for the DOJ and FBI, but recent sources have also linked him to the US Agency for Global Media and grant cancellations there.
Positions
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2/28
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appointed Senior Advisor | |
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c.3/01
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likely detailed «Date unknown, but assuming with Kliger who was at USAGM in early March» | |
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3/18
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detail «listed self as detailing from OPM» | |
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c.3/30
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likely detailed as Senior Advisor, Human Resources |
Events
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4/03
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Disruption:
Tarak Makecha escalates his demands at 6:25pm that the Acacia contracts must be terminated immediately despite it being after business hours and there not being an actual emergency.
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4/03
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Disruption:
Tarak Makecha finds a DOJ Contracting Officer after hours at 7:25pm to send the termination despite agency concerns that it violates the terms of a court order to not provide 3 days notice for termination.
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4/03
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Interagency:
Tarak Makecha, a DOGE representative at DOJ is forwarded a list at 6pm of DOJ contracts to terminate for the Acacia Center, a nonprofit in DOGE’s crosshairs that day and a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the DOJ. He coordinates with Josh Gruenbaum at the GSA, who is leading a multi-agency effort to eliminate grants.
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4/04
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Sighting:
Tarak Makecha, Jordan Wick and Jacob Altik are listed in the public directory of FCC staff and listed as associated with the Office of the Chairman at the FCC.
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