A federal judge rejected it on Tuesday to block the billionaire immediately Elon Muschus And the Department of Government Efficiency from access to government data systems or participation in employee efforts.
The US district judge Tanya Chutkan found that there were legitimate questions about Musk's authority, but said that there is no evidence of the type of legal damage that would justify a temporary injunction.
The decision came in one Laws submitted by 14 democratic states In question, the authority of DOGES to access sensitive government data. The Attorney General argued that Musk exercises the type of power from which the constitution can only be held by those who are elected or confirmed by the Senate.
For its part, the Trump administration has claimed that layoffs come from agency heads and claims that despite its public cheers of the efforts, Musk does not run directly Daily operations themselves.
Doge has with the blessing of computer systems over several agencies appeared President Donald TrumpGrab the budget and after what he calls waste, fraud, fraud and abuse, also as a growing number of Complain Dogy's assertion violates the law.
Chutkan recognized the concerns of the group of states, which include New Mexico and Arizona.
“Doges unpredictable actions have led to considerable uncertainty and confusion,” she wrote. Your questions about Musk's obvious “non -checked authority” and lack of supervision of the congress for Doge are legitimate and you may be able to argue successfully later.
At this point, however, it remains unclear how Doge's work affects the States, and judges can only issue court commands to block certain, immediate damage.
Chutkan, who was nominated by the democratic President Barack Obama, previously supervised the now Dismismisspared Criminal Election Interference against Trump in Washington, DC
Whitehurst writes for the Associated Press