The number of federal workers taking Donald Trump up on his buyout offer has been revealed.
An official familiar with the matter told DailyMail.com that 65,000 government workers have now done so.
It means just over 3 percent of the two million people given the offer have agreed to resign as Trump seeks to save money for U.S. taxpayers and reduce bureaucracy.
65,000 federal workers have now opted to take President Trump’s ‘buyout’ deal even as a federal judge delayed the deadline to take the offer.
An official familiar with the matter shared the latest figure as of Friday with DailyMail.com and signaled it is still growing.
That’s up from the 40,000 workers who were said to have taken the deal as of Wednesday ahead of the midnight deadline on Thursday night, but it’s a far cry from the administration’s goal.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the February 6 deadline to take the so-called ‘Fork in the Road’ offer Thursday afternoon after the AFGE union representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers and other groups sued.
Another hearing is set for Monday to hear further arguments on the issue.
Even with 65,000 workers taking the deal so far, it is still just over 3 precent of the two million federal workers being given the offer.
Elon Musk’s DOGE had estimated between five and 10 percent of government workers would take the offer and that it would save an estimated $100 billion a year.
The offer as presented by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) gave all federal workers the option to resign from their current position but remain on the payroll with all benefits until September 30.
The email gave notice that most federal employees were to return to work at offices five days a week. For those who took the offer, they would be exempted from in-person work requirements.
It comes as Musk and DOGE look to slash $2 trillion in federal spending and have taken an axe to numerous agencies and programs.
