Judge won’t dissolve privacy order blocking DOGE from access to Treasury computers
By Mike Swift ( February 11, 2025, 21:00 GMT | Insight) -- A restraining order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing personal data in Treasury Department computers had a “sound factual basis” and will stay in place, a federal judge ruled today, although she said the order doesn’t apply to the Secretary of the Treasury or other Senate-confirmed senior civil servants.An order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department computers had a “sound factual basis” and will stay in place, a federal judge ruled today, clarifying that senior Treasury officials are outside the order’s scope....
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