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A federal judge banned the US Treasury from handing over data from its payment system in an early legal blow to Elon Musk’s crusades to reduce government spending.
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly put in place a temporary order after Musk boasted that the Government Efficiency (DOGE) team was “quickly shutting down” Treasury remittances. They apparently accessed a system that pays trillions of dollars each year, including Social Security payments and Medicare.
Representatives of government officials and retired employees have appealed to halt sensitive data shared with Doge’s Musk and others, saying that such moves “deprive them of the privacy protections guaranteed by federal law.” I am claiming.
The US government has reassured the court that only two of the Doge releasers, Cloud Software Group CEO Tom Krause and 25-year-old coder Marko Elez have access to sensitive systems, but Kollar- Outside the Treasury, where Kotelly sought an order that would hinder the information being shared, she is considering a more permanent injunction.
As a result, masks themselves are unable to see the data withdrawn from the payment system.
Legal challenges were when Treasury officials and the White House tried to quell fears about access to the mask and doge system, and his broader authority unilaterally made his team pay “illegal” He is seeking his wider authority after suggesting he has cancelled.
On Monday, President Donald Trump said Musk, who was made a special government employee, “cannot do anything without our approval.”
Press Director Caroline Levitt also confirmed that masks extract themselves from any situation where there is a possibility of conflict. He himself from those contracts. . . He follows all applicable laws. ”
Doge, whose Emissaries has invaded a network of various government agencies, including USAID, Health & Human Services and the Department of Transport, has been sued multiple times by groups claiming that the body circumvents various legal protections.
On Wednesday, the labor organisation sought a restraining order to prevent Doge from accessing the labor system following reports that the agency is Mask’s next target.
“Doge tries to gain access to sensitive systems before the courts stop them, dismantling the agency before Congress asserts privileges in the federal budget, and later worried about the outcome. We can threaten and threaten them,” the plaintiff alleged.
The judge will hear debate on Friday’s motion.
A Massachusetts judge separately on Thursday would ask federal employees to accept or reject the buyout package, part of a mask-leading cut-off effort, to be extended until at least Monday. I ordered it to.
The White House has also confirmed that so far only 40,000 workers have accepted the hundreds of thousands of workers that it had previously predicted.
Additional Reports by Steph Chavez of Washington
