Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems (2 Viewers)

[Daniel Barnes, Dareh Gregorian and Zoë Richards |]

Attorneys for the Justice Department have agreed to temporarily restrict staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing information in the Treasury Department’s payment system.

The agreement comes after a group of union members and retirees filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department alleging that providing DOGE access to the federal government’s massive payment and collections system — and the personal data housed in it — violated federal privacy laws.

The Trump administration filed a motion Wednesday night...

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