In an X post, Musk questioned how DOGE could fulfill its mission of cutting wasteful spending in the federal government if it could not access Treasury data and records.
“This ruling is absolutely insane! How on Earth are we supposed to stop fraud and waste of taxpayer money without looking at how money is spent? That’s literally impossible! Something super shady is going to protect scammers,” he said.
Musk also went after Paul A. Engelmayer, the U.S. district judge who handed down the ruling, in a separate post, calling him an “activist posing as a judge.”
In an emergency order, Engelmayer said DOGE personnel were prohibited from examining the Treasury Department’s records and directed staffers granted access to the system to “destroy any and all copies of material downloaded from the Treasury Department’s records and systems.”
He added that “irreparable harm” could be risked by DOGE’s ability to access millions of Americans’ sensitive data, including Social Security numbers and bank account information.
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Engelmayer’s order overrides another federal judge who said Thursday that the two DOGE employees who were granted access to the payment system could maintain their limited access to the records.
A court hearing is now set for Feb. 14.
This article was originally published at www.washingtonexaminer.com
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