Judge leaves intact a ban on DOGE access to Treasury records pending a hearing Friday
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Tuesday made some tweaks but left intact a ban for now that prevents Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans. The ban was put in place last week by another federal New York jurist in response to a lawsuit that 19 Democratic attorneys general brought against President Donald Trump. The lawsuit contended that Musk’s ‘DOGE’ team was composed of “political appointees” who should not have access to Treasury records handled by “civil servants” specially trained in protecting such sensitive information as Social Security and bank account numbers. Justice Department attorneys from Washington and New York argued in court papers Sunday that the ban was unconstitutional and a “remarkable intrusion on the Executive Branch” that must be immediately reversed.
I’m a federal worker. You have no idea how much harm Musk and DOGE are doing.
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