Judge orders Trump administration officials to give sworn testimony about Doge
A federal judge on Thursday said Government Efficiency Bureau (Doge) testify in legal disputes attempting to block access to Doge’s sensitive government databases.
US District Judge John Bates said officials from the Department of Labor and Human Services, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and other agencies related to the Elon Musk-led Doge will sit down to question under the oath of other groups who advocate for efforts by unions and other groups to organize federal funerals.
The group argues that some DOGE officials and allies have already been granted access to confidential databases, and that privacy concerns for federal workers have been ignored.
This is the agency that followed Musk’s Doge productivity email verdict and the agency that did not.
President Donald Trump speaks as Elon Musk listens in the White House oval office. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Bates previously refused to block Doge access completely.
Bates Limited Deposition It’s up to 8 hours, but no specific timeline was announced. The names of those asked to testify were not revealed.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference held at Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“It would be strange to allow the defendant to provide evidence that addresses important, practical issues and govern the motions of provisional injunctions without allowing the plaintiff to explore those, through very limited discoveries,” the judge wrote.
Bates’ order also allows a limited set of written questions to be filed with the litigation agency.
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