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A federal judge in New York has temporarily barred Elon Musk and his team from accessing the US Treasury Department payments data, and warned that it threatens to disclose sensitive information.
The order issued on Saturday morning is a new legal blow to combing federal payments for the US billionaire and its closest allies to reduce US government spending.
The court’s move came in response to the legal challenge of the 19 Democratic State Attorney General, which argued that the unofficial “performance of the department” of Musk, which was established by President Donald Trump, was personal. Information should not be accessed. Americans
Judge Paul Angle Mayor of New York’s South District in Court Order Is written That the “new policy” poses a risk of “revealing sensitive and confidential information” and “there is more risk that the system will be more at risk than before hacking.”
He ordered that any “political appointments, special government employees and any government employees” should be restricted from the agency’s data from outside the US Treasury, and that someone received since the inauguration of Trump last month. The information should also be eliminated.
It is expected that at least the court will hear the order, which has been fixed on February 14.
The judge’s order highlights how the widespread pressure to select the government’s expenses through Trump and musk is facing its biggest obstacles in court, as it is the limits of executive power. He also examines US privacy laws.
Earlier this week, a federal judge in Columbia District ruled that in response to a separate legal challenge brought by retired and representatives of government employees, there was no access to the Treasury Payment Payment data Should be given.
The White House has tried to overcome the fear that the Musk, named “Special Government Employee”, is conducting a bullying operation. But the Democrats are rapidly alarming about “dodge” activities.
“Dodge measures represent the attack on the two fronts on the financial protection and privacy of Americans,” Ron Waden, the senior Democrat of the Senate finance committee, wrote in A. Line To the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, who manages government pensions for millions of Americans.
The Department of Treasury did not respond to the request to comment immediately.
