In a lawsuit that was brought on Monday, several taxpayers and trade union groups claimed that Elon Musk’s Department of Efficiency of the Government (Doge) break several laws in her search to dismiss and eliminate wasteful government spending.
The groups claim that DOGE has launched a “radical campaign to gain access to very sensitive information systems” and violate laws that limit the executive, protect officials and monitor the data of citizens held by the government.
The agency, which was established earlier this year by an executive order, remains a temporary organization within the White House and has the task of optimizing the federal government, streamlining activities and streamlining and streamlining and Slashing -expenditure In just 18 months.
US President Donald Trump is accompanied by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and his son, X Musk, during an executive order in the Oval Office in the White House on 11 February 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty images)
Note of recent Doge promotion on the Treasury, Labor, Education and Health Department, as well as at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office or Personnel Management and Internal Revenue Service (IRS)The suit claims that Doge access to sensitive information systems ‘legal authority misses’.
In particular, it claims that DOGE has violated the Tax Reform Act, Privacy Act and administrative procedures ACT.
“The results are already catastrophic,” said the suit.
About 100 doge demonstrators gathered, feared that Doge would reduce staff at the agency or tax service. (Fox News Digital)
Without the intervention of the court, the groups said they were worried that doge had access to sensitive information, including SOFI numbers, finances of individuals and bank account information.
The lawsuit also claimed that Doge has access to confidential business information, tax data and IRS investigations, which “may include investigations or reports with regard to Mr. (Elon) Musk’s companies or those of his competitors. “
“No other business owner on the planet has access to this kind of information about his competitors, and with good reason,” wrote lawyers in the court case.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, co-chairman of the newly announced department of Government Efficiency (Doge), arrives on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. Musk and his co-chairman, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy today meet legislators about doge, a planned presidential advisory committee with the aim of reducing government spending and to increase efficiency in the federal workforce. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty images)
Doge scores Big Court Win, permitted access data for 3 federal agencies
The groups – the Center for Taxpaper Rights, Main Street Alliance, National Federation of Federal Employees and Communications Workers of America – Looking for a temporarily limiting order to maintain the status quo until the court has the opportunity to do the actions of Doge and Musk Review.
After the assessment, the claimants asked the court to declare the access of doge illegally, to stop the use of IRS systems, order that information is removed illegally and determines new security protection.
The lawsuit was submitted prior to the ruling of a federal court on Tuesday not to block Doge to gain access to government data or dismiss federal employees.
To support federal employees outside the Ministry of Health and Human Services, demonstrators collect on Friday 14 February in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the American district rejected a request for a temporarily limiting order, which indicates the absence of evidence that the access of the agency caused “irreparable damage”.
Chutkan, however, wondered what ‘the uncontrolled authority of a non -chosen person seems to be’, referring to Musk.
She also expressed his concern about the responsibility of Doge to the congress.
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Demonstrants demonstrate to support federal employees outside the US Department of Health and Human Services on 14 February 2025 in Washington, DC. Organizers kept the protest to talk about the cuts on the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). (Anna Moneymaker/Getty images)
Last week, more than a dozen Democratic state lawyers General sued Dog’s access to federal data on government employees temporarily, with reference to concern about the access and power of Musk.
“There is no greater threat to democracy than the accumulation of the state power in the hands of a single, non -chosen person,” said the lawsuit, submitted by the attorney -general Raul Torrez in New Mexico.
Procursi -General from Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington also signed on the suit.
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Breanne Deppisch from FOX News Digital has contributed to this report.
