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A Federal Judge has barred the US Treasury from giving data from its payment system to the outside people, in which Elon Musk’s crusade is a preliminary blow to reduce government spending.
Judge Calen Koller Kotli, after the pride of Musk, submitted a temporary order that his team in the government’s performance (Dodge) was “shutting down” the remittance of Treasury, which apparently gained access to the system. There is a trillions of dollars, including social. Security payment and medical, every year.
Representatives of government employees and retirees have filed a lawsuit with Musk and others to stop sensitive data with Dodge, and have argued that such action is “guaranteed by federal law.” Losing the protection of privacy related. “
Although the US government assured the court that only two ambassadors of Dodge, Cloud Software Group chief executive Tom Craws and 25 -year -old Coder Marco Els had access to the sensitive system, Koller Kotli jointly stopped any information. Emphasize the order. Outside the treasury, when she considers a more permanent order.
As a result, the Musk will not be able to evaluate the data obtained from the payment system itself.
The legal challenge came when Treasury officials and the White House tried to reach the Musk and Dodge system and eliminate the fear of its wider authority, when the businessman suggested that his team Unilaterally canceling “illegal” payments.
On Monday, Donald Trump said that the Musk, who was made a special government employee, “could not do anything without our approval – and can’t.”
Press Secretary Karolway Lavit has also confirmed that the Musk will remove himself from any situations where he can have a dispute: “If Elon falls into a conflict of interests. [his companies’] The contracts and funding that are monitoring the Dodge, then Elon will forgive himself with these agreements. . . They have followed all applicable laws.
Dodge, whose ambassadors have infiltrated networks of various government agencies, including USAID, Health and Human Services and Transportation Department, have been tried several times by these groups, claiming that the body has worsened various legal reservations. Is doing
On Wednesday, labor organizations called for a prevention order to prevent the DOGE from accessing the US Labor Department system, following reports that the agency’s next goal is.
The plaintiffs alleged that “before the Congress, the courts seek access to sensitive systems before stopping them, eliminating the agencies before the Congress emphasizes its prejudices in the federal budget, and thinking of the results later. Threats and threats to employees. ”
On Friday, a judge will hear arguments about the movement.
Step Chavez’s additional reporting in Washington
