Judge extends DOGE ban on Treasury Department payment systems

U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas issued a ruling on Friday granting a preliminary injunction requested by 19 Democratic state attorneys general to keep DOGE from accessing the records while the case plays out in court. 

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Vargas argued that Treasury officials allowed two DOGE employees to access the payment system in a “rushed and ad hoc” manner that created a “realistic danger that confidential financial information will be disclosed.”

Trump has countered that court rulings against DOGE’s investigation into the Treasury are usurping him of exercising lawful presidential powers. 

“Any court that would say that the president or his representatives, like secretary of the treasury, secretary of state, whatever, doesn’t have the right to

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