A federal court refused the last ditch attempt by Liberals to stop 'first buddy' Elon Musk to gain access to government data in a huge victory for the Ministry of Government Efficiency.
The lawsuit against Doge was filed by 14 states' lawyers -general in A Coordinated attempt to get rid of the 'first buddy' of his power, because his emerging department has access to parts of sensitive data at multiple federal agencies.
But while the American district judge Tanya Chutkan discovered that there are legitimate questions about Musk's authority, she said there is no evidence of the kind of serious legal damage that would justify a temporarily limiting order.
The attorney general argued that Musk exercises the kind of power that according to the Constitution can only be kept by those who are chosen or confirmed by the Senate.
The Trump administration, for his part, has maintained that dismissal of office heads came and claimed, despite his audience that Musk does not directly have the daily operations of Doge, does not immediately perform.
Doge has tapped computer systems over several agencies with the blessing of President Donald Trump, digging in budgets and searching for what he calls waste, fraud and abuse, even if a growing number of lawsuits claims that Doge violates the law.
Chutkan, who was appointed by Barack Obama, acknowledged the concerns about the 'unpredictable actions' of the group of states, including New Mexico and Arizona.
“Doge's unpredictable actions have led to significant uncertainty and confusion,” she wrote.
A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama denied the last attempt by Liberals to stop 'first Buddy' Elon Musk to gain access to government data in a huge victory for the Ministry of Government Efficiency
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the US discovered that there are legitimate questions about the authority of Musk, but said there is no evidence of the kind of serious legal damage that would justify a temporarily limiting order
Chutkan said that their questions about Musk's apparent 'uncontrolled authority' and a lack of conference overview for doge legitimate are and they may be able to successfully argue they successfully later.
Nevertheless, it is currently unclear exactly how the work of Doge will influence the States, and judges can only give court orders to block specific, immediate damage, she thought.
Chutkan previously supervised the now -killed criminal election interference case against Trump in Washington, DC
The lawsuit was brought to the federal court in Washington DC last Thursday and accused the billionaire of performing tasks that should be well out of his duties.
As part of the complaint, the Group Hope Musk will be banned to access sensitive information or to have the power to make staff decisions and to wipe out entire departments.
At the same time, they asked the court to declare that the actions of Musk have no legal impact.
It comes when Musk and his newly formed army of young engineers dismantle the federal departments in an attempt to save costs and reduce waste.
The efforts of Musk are furious with Democrats and federal employees who have taken to the streets to protest against his access and cuts.
Protesters gather outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
President Trump continues to support Musk's efforts and describes it as an important step in fulfilling his campaign blows.
The Democratic lawyers, however, challenged Musk's authority to act on behalf of Trump.
“We ask the court to invalidate his guidelines and actions and to give a restrictive order,” said attorney -general Dana Nessel in Michigan in a press conference alongside attorney general from Arizona and New Mexico.
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington Attorneys General also joined the court case.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez warned President Trump that he demonstrates 'weakness' by giving Musk uncontrolled power.
He suggested that the president should promote his agenda instead through a congress controlled by the Republicans.
“Moving quickly and breaking things can work in Silicon Valley for a technology company,” Torrez said. “It's not good governance and it's unconstitutional.”
The group of powerful musk critics now urge the court to identify ways that 'data obtained by illegal access to the desk were used' and removes the access that Musk and his team already have.
President Trump continues to support Musk's efforts and describes it as an important step in fulfilling his campaign blows
They also want the court to prevent DOGE from making more changes to the use of public funds or government contracts.
Musk's Doge, together with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), has also been given major powers to do more control over hiring a federal employee.
President Trump started a 90-day recruitment inspection when he returned to the White House for his second term.
“People voted for major government reform and that is what people will get,” said Musk on Tuesday, from the Oval Office. “They are going to get what they voted for.”
One of the tactics includes freeing departments of employees who are still in their probationary period – which can last up to two years in some agencies.
On Wednesday, Trump said that the group of musk had gone from 20 people to no less than 100.
“He is a successful guy,” Trump said about Musk. “That's why we want him to do this. We don't want a failed man to do this. '
The DOGE team updated their government website on Wednesday and promised to release publicly available data from the savings they had discovered on Friday.
American rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks during a meeting with federal employees and supporters while protesting against Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)
The team of technology experts have been terrifying government employees by entering department buildings and by combing public data in search of potential cuts.
DOGE has currently saved the federal government $ 45.44 billion dollars, according to a count performed by doge-tracker.com.
On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order for the orders of federal agencies to coordinate with Doge to make 'large -scale reductions of strength'.
“He is a successful guy,” Trump said about Musk. “That's why we want him to do this. We don't want a failed man to do this. '
The DOGE team updated their government website on Wednesday and promised to release publicly available data from the savings they had discovered on Friday.
The team of technology experts have been terrifying government employees by entering department buildings and by combing public data in search of potential cuts.
DOGE has currently saved the federal government $ 45.44 billion dollars, according to a count performed by doge-tracker.com.
On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order for the orders of federal agencies to coordinate with Doge to make 'large -scale reductions of strength'.
The mass dismissals take place in the midst of several lawsuits to stop the efforts of Doge to reform federal agencies.
On Wednesday, a federal court abolished the temporary freezing of President Trump's offer to federal employees, since the administration wants to reduce the workforce.
A trade union that represents hundreds of thousands of federal employees and others had sued last week to stop the deadline of the deferred Buyout offer of 6 February.
Doge estimated that between five and 10 percent of government workers would accept the offer and that it would save an estimated $ 100 billion a year.
President Trump has repeatedly expressed the satisfaction about the work that Musk and his team do.
“I want to recommend Elon because he has done fantastic work – he doesn't need this,” Trump said earlier this week.
“He is abused by you every day. He has found more things than anyone could find. He has the credibility to do it.
'His group of people, they started with 12, I call them 12 geniuses. They started with 12, they went to 20 and 25 and now they are up to almost 100. People participate to help them. This is a huge fraud that has taken place. '
