The White House is fighting back against a federal judge who issued an order blocking access to the Treasury payment system.
The decision, issued early Saturday morning, effectively banned technology billionaire Elon Musk and his first Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE) committee from gaining access to the system. Masu.
The White House responded on Sunday in a statement criticizing the lawsuit that sparked the verdict and attacked a federal judge who ruled it.
“These frivolous lawsuits are similar to children throwing pasta at the wall and checking if it sticks. White House spokesman Harrison Fields said in a statement that the grand government efficiency of the government was Sex speaks of people who slow the much needed change with legal shenanigans rather than working with the Trump administration to remove the government from waste, fraud and abuse.
“The activist judge relied on confirming the Senate Treasury Secretary from his role. It's absurd and judicial overreach,” Fields continued.
The decision of US District Judge Paul Engelmeyer comes in response to a lawsuit filed Friday by 19 Democratic state attorney generals, who were worried about access to the information Musk and his team were getting. Ta. Musk's efforts have sparked concerns from Democrats and career civil servants in the Treasury, as well as other agencies that could put sensitive personal information from citizens at risk.
The ruling from former President Obama's appointee Engelmeyer will continue until at least Friday, holding a hearing on whether another judge who is permanently overseeing the lawsuit will allow a longer moratorium in New York I will.
“The evaluation of the court's company is that, for reasons stated, face irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief,” Engelmeyer wrote in his decision.
“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.
In his ruling, Engelmayer ordered people who are currently blocked from access to the Treasury payment system, which drives away trillions of dollars to destroy materials already downloaded.
Musk has since sought a federal judge's bullet each, and expressed his inspiration in a Saturday post on social platform X, which he owns.
“A corrupt judge protecting corruption,” maskI wrote it in one postAt 2:11am, he needs to be fired each now.
