‘Catastrophic Results’: Trade Union, Taxpayers’ groups stabbing in Doga in the latest lawsuit due to an approach to IRS data
In a lawsuit filed on Monday, more taxpayers and unions group are reportedly Elona Musk Government Efficiency Department (Doge) has violated several laws in his efforts to discover and remove wasteful government consumption.
The groups claim that Doga has launched a “deletion of a campaign for access to highly sensitive information systems” and violated laws that limit the executive government, protect civil servants and data on the guardian of the citizens possessed by the Government.
The agency, which was made by the Executive Order earlier this year, remains a temporary organization in the White House and is in charge of optimizing the Federal Government, simplification of operations and Consumption for reducing in just 18 months.
US President Donald Trump is joined by Tesla and Executive Director of Spacex Elon Musk, and his son X Musk while signing an executive order at an oval office in the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Hardik/Getty Images)
Noticing the recent Doge’s Dogef Action Departments of Treasury, Work, Education and Health, as well as in the Consumer Protection Office, the Staff Management Office and the Staff Management Office and Internal income service (IRS)The lawsuit states that Doge’s approach to sensitive information systems is “missing legal authority”.
In particular, he claims that Doge has violated the Tax Reform Act, the Law on Privacy and the Administrative Procedure Act.
“The results were already catastrophic,” the suit said.
About 100 dog protesters gathered, fearing that Doge would reduce labor in a fiscal service bureau. (Fox News Digital)
Without the court intervention, the groups said they were concerned about access to sensitive information, including social security numbers, individual finances and bank account information.
The lawsuit also claimed that Doge would have access to confidential business information, tax records and IRS investigations, which “could include investigations or reports related Sir [Elon] Musk’s companies or those of his competitors. “
“No other owner of the company on the planet accesses such information about their competitors is a good reason,” lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.
Tesla Executive Director Elon Musk, Kopedo Section of the newly Infectious Department for the Efficiency of the Government (Doge), arrives at Capitol Hill, December 05, 2024 in Washington, DC. Musk and his co -operative, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy meet with the legislators today about Doge, a planned presidential advisory commission with the aim of reducing state consumption and increasing efficiency in federal workforce. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Doge achieves a great victory in court, has enabled access to data on 3 federal agencies
Group – Taresna Rights Center, Main Street Federation, National Federation of Federal Employees and Communication Workers of America – seek a temporary order for holding the status quo until the court gets the opportunity to review Doge and Musk actions.
After the examination, the prosecutors asked the court to declare Doge’s approach illegal, stop the use of the IRS system, to order that the information would be obtained illegally deleted and the establishment of new security protection.
The lawsuit was filed before the judgment of the federal judge on Tuesday so as not to block Doge to join government data or dismissed by federal employees.
Demonstrators gather in support of federal workers outside the Health and Human Services Department, Friday, February 14, in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
American District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected a request for a temporary limit order, pointing to the absence of evidence showing that the approach to the agency caused “irreparable damage”.
However, Chutkan has questioned what is “it seems to be an unverified authority of an unimisted individual,” referring to Musk.
She also expressed concern about Doge’s responsibility to Congress.
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Protesters are supported by federal workers outside the US Ministry of Health and Human Services on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. The organizers held a protest to talk about reducing the efficiency of the Government Department (Doge). (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Last week, more than a dozen Democratic State Attorney The general sued to temporarily limit Doge’s approach to federal data on government employees, citing concerns about the approach and power of men.
“There is no greater threat to a democracy than the accumulation of state power in the hands of one, an undisputed individual,” the lawsuit filed by the New Mexico State Attorney Raul Torrez said.
Chief lawyers from Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Iceland, Vermont and Washington, also signed into a lawsuit.
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Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.
