19 states sue Trump, Treasury to halt DOGE access [View all]
(Politico) NEW YORK — Democratic state attorneys general continued their legal resistance to President Donald Trump’s early policies Friday, filing a new lawsuit accusing Trump and the Treasury Department of violating federal law by granting Elon Musk’s aides access to a sensitive federal payments database.
Coalitions of states have also challenged the president’s orders to end birthright citizenship and freeze federal funding — both now halted by courts.
The newest suit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, argues that granting access to the staffers from Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency puts at risk billions of dollars in grants, health insurance payments and tax refunds that the states or their residents receive each year. The states also allege that DOGE’s access increases the possibilities that confidential information about recipients of the payments could be exposed publicly.
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