The judge considered that exposure to US personal data could cause irreversible damage.
12: 03 • Updated 12:48
In the United States, the federal judge has issued an order to prohibit Elon Muskin From the DOGE leading by the State Efficiency Agency (DOGE) so far access to the Ministry of Finance databases. Among other things New York Times.
The order of the judge is due to an action raised by 19 State legal ministers on Friday. According to the President Donald Trump broke the law when giving Musk permission to process people’s personal information.
Judge of the Federal Court in New York Paul A. Engelmayer In his decision, it said that giving unlimited access to databases could cause irreversible damage. Databases contain sensitive personal information, such as bank account numbers. According to the judge, access to them increases the risk of leaks and hacking.
According to the provision, access to the payment systems of the Ministry of Finance must be denied “politically appointed persons, state specialists and all non -governmental employees outside the Ministry of Finance.”
Musk sold freely
Trump has given Musk and his DOGE group almost free hands in the US state administration.
At the weekend, Doge took control of the Ministry of Finance’s payment system, which spent annual money for the dollars of trillions, including social security, health care and veterans.
The richest man in the world Musk has said that he is looking for evidence of corruption and the waste of taxpayers’ money.
According to the action, Musk seeks to prevent federal charges from what he considers to be inappropriate to which he has no legal right. The lawsuit also states that giving access to people’s personal data violates the protection guaranteed by the Constitution.
– President Trump does not have the power to disclose the private information of the Americans to anyone he wants and cannot cut the federal fees already approved by the Congress, the Minister of Justice of New York Letitia James said in a news release.
– Musk and Doge do not have the power to access the private information of American and the most sensitive information in our country.
Trump and Treasury Minister Scott Bessentin Must give his answer to the court on 14 February.