A federal judge cleared the way to reach the payment systems of Treasury Department for the Government Efficiency Department of Elon Musk's, which processes federal payments of trillion per year. It is like reversing their earlier decisions, in which such reach was blocked due to security concerns.
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American District Judge Jeannette Vargas authorized four DOGE employees to enter the fiscal service bureau, after determining that the Trump Administration has established adequate training and investigation procedures after the financial center of the federal government.
Legal Battle Over Sensitive Data
This decision ends the legal battle for several months, which began in February, when the 19 Democratic Attorney General led by Letitia James of New York to Doge's social security number of millions of Americans, bank account information and The lawsuit filed to prevent the system from other personal data. Sarajas initially took part in the states, provided access to the "chaotic and random" approach of Treasury and warned of "realistic danger" that can be disclosed.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong had described DOGE "a illegal formed gang of renewable technical brothers" in court filing. States argued that political appointments should not handle the data managed by especially trained civil servants.
Training Requirements Satisfy Court
After submitting detailed protocols for screening of Doge personnel by Trump Administration, Vargas changed his attitude. Four employees authorized on Tuesday - Thomas Crouse, Linda Whitridge, Samuel Corcos and Todd Newnam - Joined with Ryan Wunderly, who got admission after fulfilling similar training requirements in April.
Vardas wrote, "Every time a new member is involved in the team, then this court has no utility to work as a real human resources officer of Treasury."
The judge said that the Democratic Attorney General has not expressed any objection to reaching DOGE, provided he received proper training.
Comprehensive investigation continues
According to the Washington Post report, Doge's activities are beyond the Treasury, the organization has access to at least seven sensitive federal databases. Inspector General of Treasury Department and government accountability are auditing Doge's digital footprint in office payment systems.
Senate Democrats have criticized the Treasury Secretary Bessent, they have done misunderstanding about the reach of Doge, and said that despite the initial denial, Doge personnel had the ability to modify system coding.
MPs wrote to Besset, "Looking at these events, lacking your clarity, considering dangers arising from the intervention of Doge for the economy and the public, it is very disturbed."
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