US judges extend the order for Doge to block from Treasury data
On Friday, a federal court judge in Manhattan extended a temporary restraining order that would ban staff members so-called people. Government Efficiency Bureau from Access to US Treasury data– Attorney generals in New York and other blue states have accused them of an illegal threat to privacy.
After hearing two hours of discussion, Judge Jeannette A. Vargas told lawyers from New York and allies and DOJ opponents, “I found a good reason to expand the TRO like I am amended.” Ta. Vargas said she will issue her decision soon to “give the courts time to consider” the matter.
While it was primarily kept to the status quo during the course of the matter, it also lifted the veil for little-known information about Doge’s access to information and where it went.
When Vargas asked Jeffrey Ausestecher, a Justice Department lawyer representing Trump, on Friday if information was shared to Doge outside the Treasury Department, he said: We don’t know the short answer to that at the moment.”
“We’re doing forensic analysis. What we can say so far from forensic analysis is that emails have been sent outside of the Treasury Department,” Austericher said. “We don’t know (the content).”
Vargas asked: Was this not an issue from a privacy standpoint?
“The short answer is ‘no’,” Oestericher said.
“During this time when members of the Doge team were able to access this information, extensive mitigation efforts were in place to prevent this accurate harm.”
However, Oestericher said at another point that “I candidly admit there is a measure of increased risk, but I have taken all the appropriate mitigation measures to mitigate that risk as much as possible.”
Vargas’ decision comes six days after the New York and Alliance lawsuit was granted a temporary restraining order. This allowed Doge Hire and special government officials to access sensitive data and computer systems. Donald Trump slams Elon Musk on the head Dogean agency created under the auspices of the President eradicating fraud and government waste – Lack of evidence Showing fraud.
When the temporary restraining order was issued in early February, Judge Paul A. Engelmeyer said the state suing Treasury Secretary Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent “would you like to remedy if there is no injunctive relief?” “We will not face harm.”
Engelmeyer said the new Treasury policy, enacted at Trump’s direction, is “access to the Bureau of Finance Services (BFS) pay system (BFS) and access to “special government officials.” He pointed out that this is the case.
This represents the “risk of new policies indicating confidential and confidential disclosures and the increased risk that the system in question is more vulnerable than before than hacking.”
Engelmeyer also wrote that states appealing for changes to the Treasury policy “showing the potential to succeed in the merits of their claims, and the state’s statutory claims are presented as particularly strong.” He said he did.
Complaints against Trump and Bescent repeatedly cited wired Report That’s how Marco Erez, a 25-year-old engineer, enjoyed his connection to Mask, and his read and write access to the two Treasury system systems that are responsible for virtually all the payments made by the federal government. has been revealed. Tom Krause – Who is on the Doge team Despite being CEO of Cloud Software Group– Access to these features was also granted.