Donald Trump's ambitious plan to overhaul the wasteful federal government is quickly entangled in the 'Lawfare' that has plagued his first administration.
The Ministry of Government Efficiency of Elon Musk (Doge) has been tearing with warp speed since the inauguration by Washington.
His crack team of young nerds has literally cut bureaucrats outside the USAID offices and fears the fear in the hearts of the officials who have monitored the obscure payment system of the Treasury Department for years.
But now Trump is confronted with his first test and the game plan of the opposition is known: war war by the courts with lawyer generals supported by the Hungarian billionaire George Soros and judges appointed by Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
On Friday, Soros-Striden Attorney General Letitia James led a group of 18 other Democratic State AGs in a lawsuit against the Trump government to “stop the unauthorized disclosure of the private information and sensitive data of Americans.”
The submission claims that the DOGE team 'illegal' is permitted to a 'variety of sensitive personally identifiable information' via the desk of Fiscal Services (BFS) of the US Treasury Department.
New York Southern District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer – who was appointed by Obama – gave an emergency protection against the US Department of Finance and Trump on Saturday.
The order ordered that nobody outside the American treasury is access to the information from the department.
George Soros, billionaire and founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, pauses during an event at an event on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, January 23, 2020
Alex Soros, George's heir, and his fiancé Huma Abedin, ex-Clinton campaign vice-chairman
Engelmayer ruled the treasury, the Scott Bessent secretary, and Trump acted unconstitutioningly and violated the Care Care Clause of the Constitution, in which presidents will ensure that the laws are executed faithfully. '
Bessent and Trump are owed in the court on Valentine's Day with New York Southern District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas. She was appointed by Joe Biden and will take over the case.
James, who leads the indictment against the Trump government, has accepted at least $ 18,000 from Soros – a left -wing philanthropist that has been consistently criticized by conservatives.
This is not the first time that the prosecutor of Trump-Hating has held a legal fight against the president.
Bessent and Trump are owed in the court on Valentine's Day with New York Southern District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas (photo). She was appointed by Joe Biden and will take over the case
Between 2019 and 2021, her office took almost 100 legal actions against Trump's first administration when he laid down a limit on state and local taxes and tried to eliminate funds and subsidies for law enforcement officials.
Her office also fought to protect the Affordable Care Act of President Barack Obama, to prevent a question about citizenship at the 2020 census and to put an end to his plan to dismantle the American postal service.
James previously filed a lawsuit against Trump in September 2022 and accused him of years of financial fraud and illegal behavior, according to James' office.
In February 2024, the Supreme Court of the state of New York judged to her advantage when she won the $ 450 million lawsuit.
'Now Donald Trump is finally confronted with responsibility for his lying, cheating and stunning fraud. Because no matter how big, rich or powerful you think you are, nobody is above the law, “James said at the time.
After the victory of the presidential elections of Trump 2024, James made her plans to 'fight back' against President Clear.
She said at a press conference after the elections: 'We had previously faced this challenge and we used the rule of law to fight back.
“And we are willing to fight again, because as the attorney general of this great state is my job to protect and defend the rights of New Yorkers and the rule of law.”
Engelmayer worked as a clerk under Thurgood Marshall, associated Justice of the United States Supreme Court, from 1988 to 1989.
Marshall was the first African -American Supreme Court Justice. He argued strongly for equal justice, affirming action and physical autonomy of women. He was firmly against the death penalty.
Engelmayer was appointed by Obama in 2011 in his current position and previously ruled against Trump government plans.
In 2019, Engelmayer chose the side of interest groups, including Planned Parenthood when he rejected Trump's 'Rule of Conscourse', Politro reported.
The proposed policy would have enabled care providers to cover or cover abortions, contraception and gender that confirm care based on religion or personal morality.
James was a vocal supporter of this statement and said at the time: “Again, the courts have blocked the Trump administration to implement a discriminatory rule that would only harm Americans.”
Vargas joined the American court for the southern district of New York in September 2024. Earlier that year she was recommended by the Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
“I am honored and grateful that the Senate voted to confirm Jeannette Vargas to serve the United States court for the southern district of New York,” Gillibrand wrote after Vargas was appointed.
'Madam. Vargas has service as a federal public prosecutor for more than two decades. In addition to her expertise in complex civil lawsuits, she has also worked diligently to protect and strengthen the civil rights of the LGBTQ community.
“Now, as a federal judge, Mrs. Vargas will use her sharp legal mind and extensive experience to maintain the highest principles of justice and fairness for all Americans.”
Vargas was previously an assistant -American lawyer in the southern district of New York and since 2016 served as a deputy head of the civilian division.
She also worked as a clerk under the right Sonia Sotomayor from 2001 to 2002.
Sotomayor – the third woman and first Latina who served at the Supreme Court – was appointed by Obama and appointed in 2009.
In addition to James, lawyer -general from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Mainland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin also have the complaint And the complaint requested a street ban against the Ministry of Finance.
Several of these public prosecutors have been historically anti -Trump – and some have become in their own scandals.
The attorney -general Rob Bonta of California has sued the Trump administration 123 times from 2017 to 2021, Calmatters reported.
Bonta has a 'passion for justice and fairness' that was brought into him by his parents, who served in the front lines of some of the most important social justice movements of America, “wrote the California Department of Justice.
Prior to his attorney -general appointment in 2021, Bonta led Bonta over the entire state for racial, economic and environmental justice and worked to promote the rights of immigrant families, tenants and working Californians. “
The public prosecutor has recently been fired for accepting campaignonations from a casino operator who investigated his own office, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
In the first month of serving as an attorney general, Bonta reportedly has $ 16,200 of the bicycle casino, located in South California.
But the donation then came to the Casino's authorities of the Bureau of Gambling Control of Bonta for suspicions of money laundering.
Bonta dropped the Fietscasino case discreetly in October 2024.
He recently warned the doctors to ignore Trump's executive order against gender who confirms transgender children.
“I understand that the executive command of the president about gender -confirming care has created some confusion,” he said.
“Let me be clear – the legislation in California has not changed and hospitals and clinics have a legal obligation to offer equal access to health care.”
Trump immediately started his fight against his left-wing opponents removing the freedom of security rights from James, the public prosecutor Alvin Bragg in Manhattan, former secretary of state Anthony Blinken and other prominent democrats.
'This is to remove all the rights they have [revoking security clearances] Including they can't go in [federal] Buildings, “Trump told the New York Post.
“The claimants are informed and are of the opinion that Doge is trying to gain access to government data to support initiatives to block federal funds to achieve certain beneficiaries,” the court case says.
