Federal judge of One night arbitration Saturday blocked Elon Musk and his Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the Treasury payment system, which is used to drive out trillions of dollars each year.
The decision of US District Judge Paul Engelmeyer is broader than the agreement the administration reached earlier in the week to temporarily limit access to two DOGE officials.
Engelmayer blocked the Treasury from providing access to anyone who “needs to perform duties other than civil servants.” It explicitly prohibits detailed government officials from outside the department and from special government officials.
He also ordered those currently blocked to immediately destroy any material they have already downloaded.
The ruling is temporary. That will continue until at least Friday, with another judge who will permanently overseeing the case filed by the 19 Democratic state attorney general holding a hearing in New York over whether to grant a longer suspension.
“The court's company evaluation will face irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief for reasons stated,” wrote Engelmeyer, former President Obama's appointee.
“That's because of the risk that new policies present sensitive and confidential disclosures and the increased risk that the system in question will become more vulnerable to hacking than before,” the judge continued.
Engelmeyer handed over his ruling on Saturday before dawn, just hours after the state filed a lawsuit Friday night.
This is the latest ruling in a series of lawsuits attempting to combat the vast portfolio of Musk in President Trump's new administration, leading Doge to restructure the agency-by-institutional agency federal bureaucracy. Ta.
Access to Doge's financial payment system has been particularly focused and raised concerns among Democrats. In response to the legal challenges posed by the union coalition, the Trump administration earlier this week agreed to limit access to two staff members until the next phase of the incident.
It also poses challenges for Doge's access to the education sector. And in yet another lawsuit, a judge on Friday rejected the AFL-CIO's request that Musk's team block access to data in the labor sector.
The group has indicated plans to expand the lawsuit this weekend to other agencies reportedly planted by Doge, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
