Former provincial lawyer Joyce Fans said that there is a “legitimate fear” of reaching the Ministry of Treasury’s payment system from Tech Billionaire Elon MuskThe Ministry of Governmental efficiency (DOGE) can lead to “leakage” personal information.
Vans made a statement in an edition of Stay tuned for preet Bodcast, which was hosted by Brett Baharara, another former provincial lawyer, was issued on Tuesday.
Newsweek Contact the Ministry of Treasury and Willon Musk, via Spacex and Timing Press offices, to comment on Wednesday outside the regular working hours via e -mail.
Why do it matter
On February 8, the federal judge in New York Paul A. Engemayer A temporary restriction order issued DOGE restricts access to the Ministry of Treasury’s payment system, which contains financial information about millions of Americans. Doge ordered the destruction of any copies of the already obtained records.
This step sparked an angry, angry reaction from the prominent RepublicansWith musk an invitation Engelmayer is isolatedWhile Uta Sinator Mike Lee He said This step has a “feeling of coup – not a military coup, but it is a judiciary.”
president Donald Trump Place the technical billionaire responsible for DOGE, a newly created government organization, with a mandate to take what he deems luminous government spending. Musk previously suggested that the federal government spend could be Cut up to $ 2 trillion.
What do you know
“Once this information is leaked from the Treasury System, it is really difficult to restore it and see that now, now, not knowing whether the Elon Musk people will return To what he received.
Saturday, Judge Engemayer He made a preliminary judgment With the exception of the Trump administration, the granting of access to data for the Ministry of Treasury to the political appoinals, private government employees, or other people outside the department. According to the White House, Musk is classified as a private government employee.
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The decision was in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 Democratic prosecutors.
In response, Vice President JD Vance books On x (previously twitter): “If the judge tries to inform the general of how to perform a military operation, then this will be illegal. If the judge tries to lead the public prosecutor in how to use her discretionary authority as a public prosecutor, then this is also illegal. It allows the control of the legitimate force of the executive authority.”
What people say
Talking about the court ruling, Joyce Vans He said: “This is far from a coup, but not classic, given what we saw in the Trump administration during the first three weeks. The present is in a place less than a week so that the court can consider cases. “
She added: “This is a very exaggerated reaction and is not appropriate to the extent that it makes me more stressful than I was previously about what is going on in the Treasury.”
In reference to the possibility that the Trump administration will ignore the legal ruling, Baharara He said: “If there is a major and dangerous threat to challenge the court at the appropriate level, which is actually a constitutional crisis.”
What happens after that
The listening offer will be held on access to the treasury records on Friday after the temporary registration order for Engilmayer. The case can continue through the legal system supreme court.
