The Fight Against Musk and DOGE: Lawsuits Filed to Block Access to Treasury System
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The backlash against Musk and DOGE isn’t just limited to protests and Senators holding up Trump’s nominees. It has now escalated to lawsuits. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have taken legal action to prevent Musk and DOGE from accessing the Treasury system.
“The scale of the intrusion into individualsâ privacy is massive and unprecedented. Millions of people cannot avoid engaging in financial transactions with the federal government and, therefore, cannot avoid having their sensitive personal and financial information maintained in government records.
Secretary Bessentâs action granting DOGE-affiliated individuals full, continuous, and ongoing access to that information for an unspecified period of time means that retirees, taxpayers, federal employees, companies, and other individuals from all walks of life have no assurance that their information will receive the protection that federal law affords. And because Defendantsâ actions and decisions are shrouded in secrecy,
individuals will not have even basic information about what personal or financial information that Defendants are sharing with outside parties or how their information is being used.
People who must share information with the federal government should not be forced to share information with Elon Musk or his âDOGE.â And federal law says they do not have to.
