Peninsula-raised athlete now lawyer for Elon Musk’s DOGE: Who is Justin Aimonetti?

A former Bay Area football player is now throwing his weight around — in a “friendly” way — as a lawyer for the controversial Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk.

Justin Aimonetti, 31, is an award-winning legal scholar affiliated with the influential conservative legal group The Federalist Society. He is now drawing scrutiny in the volatile political cauldron surrounding DOGE, an initiative created via executive order by President Donald Trump to slash federal spending and purge programs revolving around diversity...