Federal judge blocks Elon Musk s DOGE access to critical Treasury payment system | CNN Politics
CNNA federal judge, citing a risk of irreparable harm, has temporarily restricted Elon Musk s government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system.
The judge s order, issued early Saturday, temporarily halts access to a sensitive payment system that distributes Americans tax returns, Social Security benefits, disability payments and federal employees salaries.
US District Judge Paul Engelmayer ordered the destruction of any downloaded information from the payment system by anyone given access to it since January 20, citing the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information and the heightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking.
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The DOGE project will be fought out in the courts. There are plenty of federal district judges who would like to stop it in its tracks. The access to SSNs is an obvious pretext, but no matter. It will have to go to SCOTUS if the appellate courts don’t favor the administration on appeal. If the courts stop it, we’re doomed. The least dangerous branch is dangerous enough.