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A federal judge in New York temporarily blocked Elon Musk and his team from access to the payment data of the US Ministry of Finance, which stated that he risked sensitive information.
The order issued on Saturday morning gave the technology billionaire a new legal blow and the push of its closest allies to combed federal payments in order to reduce the costs for the US government.
The step of the court came in response to a legal contestation of 19 democratic general attorney that argued that Musk’s unofficial unit “Department of Government Efficiency”, which was set up by President Donald Trump, should not have access to personal data in connection with millions Americans.
In the court decision, judge Paul Engelmayer from the southern district of New York wrote that the “new politics” was the risk of “disclosing sensitive and confidential information” and an “increased risk that the systems in question will be more susceptible to chop”.
He ordered that “political representatives, special employees and all government employees” from outside the US treasury If it is limited to access the data of the agency and should destroy all the information you have received since Trump’s inauguration last month.
The arrangement is expected to remain at least up to a court hearing, which was determined for February 14.
musk Beat back and accuse Engelmayer of being an activist as a judge on his social media platform X.
He also stuck to Daniel Goldman, a democratic congress member from New York, who demanded that Musk confirm that he would fulfill the order of the court and destroy all the data his team acquired.
“We have no personal data from Americans, they corrupt idiots,” wrote Musk on X and replied to Goldman.
The Attorney General who brought the case said that the order was an important victory. “Now the Americans can trust that musk-The richest man of world and his friends do not have their personal data free while our lawsuit is progressing,” said Lititia James, the Attorney General of New York.
The judge’s arrangement shows how the far -reaching thrust of Trump and Muschus Selectively lower state expenditure sees itself confronted with its greatest hurdles in court, while the administration tests the limits of executive power and the data protection laws of America.
At the beginning of this week, a federal judge in the District of Columbia decided that Outside should not receive access On the payment details of the Ministry of Finance in response to a separate legal challenge brought by representatives of pensioners and government employees.
The White House has tried to suppress the fears that Musk, which was described as a “special government employee”, runs a villain. But the Democrats are increasingly alarm bells over the activities of his “Doge”.
“Dogs’ measures represent a two -tied invasion of the Americans of the Americans”.
The finance department did not immediately answer a request for a comment.
