NAME: Christopher Stanley
Musk Connections: SpaceX, Starlink, X (Twitter)
Other Corporate Affiliations:
DOGE Deployments: White House, FHFA
Stanley Is A Longtime Musk Lackey
- In January 2025 the New York Times reported that Stanley was an “aide to Mr. Musk, who has worked as a security engineer at SpaceX and X and recently relocated to a role ‘at the White House.’”
- In February 2025, Stanley posted on his X account about Musk’s buy out for federal workers: “What blows my mind is that people could have taken eight months of pay and done whatever they wanted, but instead, they’d rather complain about writing five bullet points, get fired, and walk away with nothing.”
- In response to a screenshot of the DOGE government-wide email asking “What did you do last week?” Stanley posted “DOGE: “ Saved a shit load of money.”
- Stanley reportedly went to the roof of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex to install a Starlink (an internet satellite, operated by SpaceX), tripping a Secret Service alarm in the process.
- On inauguration day, Stanley went to the DC Jail to greet two individuals released following Trump’s pardon of rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Stanley posted: “Brothers Andrew and Matthew Valentin are the first J6 prisoners to be released from DC Jail after the Presidential pardon. I was boots on ground to ensure this was executed.”
- Matthew Valentin and Andrew Valentin had been sentenced to two and half years in prison after pleading guilty to two felony counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and one felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and one felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon, respectively.
Prior To Joining (And Then Leaving) Fannie Mae’s Board, Stanley Was Friends With FHFA Director Bill Pulte
- In March 2025, Trump’s Federal Housing Finance (FHFA) director Bill Pulte installed himself as chair of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the mortgage giants which FHFA regulates. As part of his consolidation of power over the enterprises, Pulte removed 14 board members of Fannie and Freddie. He then added new ones, including Christopher Stanley to Fannie Mae’s board.
- Stanley allegedly referred to himself as “Tech Support” in response to reports of him joining Fannie’s board of directors.
- Just one day after the announcement, Stanley resigned his position on Fannie Mae’s board of directors.
- Stanley had a previous history with Pulte, per posts on his X account.
- On June 8, 2024, Stanley posted a photo of himself and future FHFA director Bill Pulte on a plane, saying, “Hangin’ with the crew, on our way to meet up with Mr. Beast”
- According to his 2025 financial disclosures, Pulte is an investor in Mr. Beast’s production and snack companies, MrBeast Industries. Both Stanley and Pulte later posted photos with Mr. Beast.
In March 2023, Stanley tagged Pulte in a post on X: “So @alx had me craving @FiveGuys so I got it for lunch. I want to match what I paid for someone that needs it! Comment below! @pulte you want in on this? #TwitterPhilanthropy” Pulte was well-known on Twitter for his money giveaways.
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