The Seimas Ethics Committee decided to refer the planned trip to the United States by Remigijus Žemaitaitis, leader of the Nemuno Aušra (Dawn of Nemunas) party, to the Supreme Commission for Ethics in Public Service (VTEK) to assess whether the correspondence between the Nemuno Aušra member and a person posing as a DOGE employee and the intention to meet with him constituted lobbying. Correspondence with a person posing as a DOGE employee and his intentions to meet with him constituted lobbying.