A federal judge extended a temporary order on Friday that blocks Elon Musk’s Department of Efficiency of the Government (Doge) team of access to payment systems within the Treasury Department.
The expansion comes after 19 state lawyers -general have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on the access of Doge to the payment system, which has information about the social security of Americans, Medicare And the benefits of veterans, information about tax refund and much more.
The lawsuit Claims that the Musk-Run Agency has had illegal access to the central payment system of the Treasury Department according to the assignment of the Trump administration.
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A federal court has extended a temporary order on Friday that the team of Elon Musk of the Ministry of Government is blocking efficiency (Doge) to gain access to payment systems within the Treasury Department. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty images)
The lawsuit was brought in New York by Procurator -General Letitia James of New York and includes Procurators -General from Arizona, California, Colorado, Clorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jerseh Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.
The lawsuit claims that DOGE has had illegal access to the central payment system of the Treasury Department according to the assignment of the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Judge Jeannette Vargas in the US in Manhattan said on Friday that she would not yet give a decision about the general request of the lawyers for a longer for the time being, so that the temporary order was issued in its place last Saturday.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business Last week the worries about the access from Doge to the Treasury Department are not valid.
“Doge is not going to fail,” he said. “They move a lot of people cheese here in the capital, and when you hear this squawking, then a status quo interest is not happy.”
The lawsuit was tensioned in New York by the office of the attorney -general Letitia James (photo) and includes lawyers -general from Arizona, California, Colorado, Clorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
He continued: “With the treasury, our payment system is not touched. We process 1.3 billion payments per year. A study is being done – we can have more responsibility, more accuracy, more traceability that the money goes where it is where it is Is where it is?
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The newly created Doge wants to reduce government waste and has gained access to more than a dozen government agencies, including the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Ministry of Education and the Department of Labor.
