The Obama-appointed federal judge ordered Elon Musk and the Government's Department of Efficiency (DOGE) to clarify the government's downsizing and plans to identify all other employees.
Politics says the orders of US district judge Tanya Chukkan claim that the 14-Democrat state attorney general sues President Donald Trump, Musk and Kudji. Chutkan gave Musk and Doge three weeks to create the information. He added that this will help you decide whether to block Doge operations completely in the end.
The award issued on Wednesday requires musk and doji, among other directives.
- Create temporary organizational planning, implementation, and operational documents for all Doge and Doge. (1) Eliminate or reduce the size of federal agencies; (2) terminate the employment of federal employees, place such employees on leave, and (3) cancel, freeze or suspend federal contracts, grants, or other federal funds;
Doge protesters gather outside the main department after employees are told not to report their work
Elon Musk will speak at an event with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, February 11th at the White House's oval office. (AP/Alex Brandon)
- Creates all DOGEs and temporary organizational planning, implementation, and operational documents for DOGEs regarding the gain, use, or modification of access to federal databases or data management systems.
- Identify all individuals who serve as Doge personnel. For each person, (1) Identify a title. (2) Whether they are part of the agency's Doge team, and if so, which agency. (3) All individuals who report directly. (4) The person who hired them.
- Create all documents that are created, edited or edited by Doge personnel or Musk to reflect plans or completion cancellations of federal agreements, grants, or other legal agreements.
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The directive also calls for entry saying “Elon Musk has directed the actions of Doge officials,” calling it “Elon Musk not overseen by US officers other than the US president.”
US District Judge Tanya Chukkan to the left pays homage to retired Supreme Court Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to stay at rest at the U.S. Supreme Court on December 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Fox News Digital on Thursday.
“The burden on the defendant will be minimized by a narrow period of responsive material, elimination of electronic communications, explicitly exempt from President Trump's requests, extending the time of defendant's response and rejecting requests to be aware of plaintiff's deposit,” Chatkan said in her decision.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk after seeing Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on March 11, 2025 (Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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“Plantiffs' discovery requests must be limited to information and materials relating to the entities, employees, contracts, grants, federal funds, legal contracts, databases or data management systems that include, or are involved with, entities and funding that are operated or funded by, the State of Plaintiffs,” she added.
