Doge achieves a great victory in court, has enabled access to data on 3 federal agencies

Federal Judge in Washington on Friday handed over Elon Musk The Government Efficiency team and the victory rejecting the request to temporarily block it with access to sensitive data from at least three federal agencies.

Trade unions and non -profit organizations have tried to prevent the Musk -Department for the Efficiency of the Government (Doge) to join the records in the work departments, Health and Human Services and the consumer protection office.

US District Judge John Bates wrote in the opinion that the Government is probably correct in categorizing Doge as agencies, allowing her to describe her staff in other government departments in detail.

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However, Bates called his finding a “close question”, noting that the Government did not want Doge to be considered an agency for the purpose of the Second Federal Law, which would submit it to open records.

Bates, named President George W. Bush, said Doge “Goldilocks Entity: Not an agency when they were burdened, but an agency when it was appropriate.”

“Prosecutors have not shown a significant likelihood that [DOGE] Not an agency. If so, [DOGE] He can describe his employees in detail with other agencies in accordance with the Law on Economics, “he wrote in part.

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The Ministry of Justice claimed that the Doga staff in question were “detailed” in detail “employees of the US Government who had access to information under the provisions of the Economy Act.

Musk welcomed the decision to re -news about X with the inscription: “LFG”, an abbreviation for “Let’s go on it.”

Judge Bates suggested earlier on Friday that Doge’s creation and his hierarchy were “unusual”, noticing that it was created by pulling him out of OMB [Office of Management and Budget] and instead responded to the head of the president’s staff. “

Doge “took a great effort to avoid the agency, but in this case you are an agency,” Doge said. “It just seems to be progressing.”

Union lawyers representing employees of the Ministry of Labor claimed during last week’s hearing so that there was an absent intervention, Doge could access information from protected agencies, including financial and medical documentation of millions of Americans, as well as complaints for employees’ safety and job safety.

Prosecutors noted that the Department of Work Department contains sensitive information about the investigations of Mošus Tesla and Spacex companies, as well as information about trade secrets of competitive companies, distorting Concern about Elon Musk Possible access to information.

Lawyer Mark Samburg claimed that the allowance of Doge access to this information could have a “cold effect” on new employees, because of fear of illegal detection or retaliation.

“The sensitive information of millions of people are currently at the immediate risk of illegal detection,” Samburg said.

Prosecutors called on Judge Bates to approve a temporary request to block Doge’s approach to information, which they said would “force the agency to carry out a thoughtful process.”

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Separately, on Friday, the federal judge extended a temporary order that blocked Dogea access to payment systems within the Ministry of Finance.

This extension followed after 19 state -owned attorneys filed a lawsuit claiming that Doge Ilgati approached the central payment system for the Ministry of Finance in the order of Trump’s administration.

Fox News’ Brie Stimson and Reuters contributed to this report.