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The federal judge banned the US treasurement to submit data from his payment system to foreigners, in an early legal blow to the crusade of Elon Musk to reduce state consumption.
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly put a temporary order after Musk boasted that his team in the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) “quickly turned off” remittance, obviously gained access to the system that paid off from dollars than dollars, including social officers security payments and Medicare . Every year.
Representatives of government employees and pensioners have sued to stop sensitive data that are shared with male and others in Doge, claiming that such moves are “deprived of privacy protection guaranteed by federal law.”
Although OUR The government assured the court that only two dogs, the CLOUD S , while she considers a more permanent ban.
As a result, Musk itself will not be able to review the data drawn from the payment system.
The legal challenge comes because the Treasury and the White House sought to push the fears of Musk and Doge’s alleged approach to the system, and its wider authority, after the entrepreneur suggested that his team had unilaterally canceled “illegal” payments.
On Monday, Donald Trump said that Musk, who became a special government employee, “he cannot – and will not do – nothing without our approval.”
Print secretary Caroline Leavitt also confirmed that Musk would get out of any situation in which he could have a conflict: “If Elon Musk encounters a conflict of interest with [his companies’] The contracts and funding that the reach overrides, and then Elon will be forgiven from these contracts. . . He complied with all applicable laws. “
Dogea, whose envoys infiltrated the networks of different government agencies, including USAID, Health & Human Services and the Ministry of Transport, have repeatedly sued groups that claim that the body bypasses various legal protections.
On Wednesday, workers’ organizations requested restraints to prevent Doge to approach the US Work Department, after the report that the Agency was the next goal of the male.
“Doge seeks to approach sensitive systems before the courts can stop them, dismantle agencies before Congress can confirm their prerogatives in the federal budget and intimidate and threaten employees who stand on their way, taking care of the consequences later,” prosecutors claimed.
The judge will listen to arguments on the proposal on Friday.
On Thursday, the Massachusetts Judge ordered a deadline for federal employees to accept or reject the purchase package – part of the effort to reduce the staff led by Musk – extended at least Monday.
The White House also confirmed that only 40,000 workers have accepted the offer so far, which is less than the hundreds of thousands he previously predicated.
Additional Steff Chavez reporting in Washington
