Fox News: Federal judge orders limited DOGE access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system records

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Federal judge orders limited DOGE access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system records

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from obtaining access to certain Treasury Department payment records.......                    ...                        ...A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login) from obtaining access to certain Treasury Department payment records.......Treasury officials "will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of records maintained within the [Treasury] Bureau of Fiscal Service," Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a temporary restraining order.......That program handles an estimated 90% of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The order comes after the Justice Department on Wednesday agreed in a proposed court order to limit access to the sensitive records to only two "special government employees" within DOGE, who will have read-only permission. Kollar-Kotelly approved the motion in a brief order Thursday.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Several government employee unions brought suit over who could access the material as part of a government-wide evaluation of programs and systems, led by DOGE. ......The lawsuit claimed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent allowed improper access to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login team, potentially exposing personal financial information to unauthorized individuals. ......Under the order, only Musk ally Tom Krause, CEO of Cloud Software Group, and Marko Elez – an engineer and former Musk company employee -- will continue to have access to Treasury's Fiscal Service, but they will not be allowed to make any changes to the program. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The order identifies both Krause and Elez as "Special Government Employee[s] in the Department of the Treasury."......Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, claimed on X Thursday that "Billions of taxpayer dollars to known FRAUDULENT entities are STILL being APPROVED by Treasury. ......"This needs to STOP NOW!" he added....

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