Federal judge’s order prohibits Doge from visiting the Ministry of Finance The data is so vague that some legal experts believe it even prevented the agency’s secretary from reviewing records and systems, prompting Republicans to explode what they believe is excessive justice.
Paul Engelmayer, a U.S. District Court judge for the southern New York region appointed by former President Barack Obama, issued a temporary restraining order on Saturday, relating to 19 Democratic state attorneys generals. The lawsuit is led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime Trump enemy, who says her office is “preparing to fight back” President Donald Trump’s November Election victory.
Federalist legal correspondent Margot Cleveland told Fox News numbers on Sunday, “What’s worse is that the judge’s order is being properly attacked because the ban on the Treasury Secretary from accessing the Treasury database, at best, no Hopefully ambiguity and confusion. ” Order.
The judge’s clearance order was issued on Saturday, and the bar’s threshold was that it was inaccessible to access the financial system until at least February 14, Engelmayer arranged a hearing to revisit the matter.
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The language of the order specifically prohibits “political appointments, special government employees, and any government employees detailed from agencies outside the Ministry of Finance, access to the Ministry of Finance’s payment system or any other data maintained by the Ministry of Finance, containing personally identifiable information.” Trump, Secretary Scott Bessent and the U.S. Treasury Department are called defendants in the case.
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Conservatives and legal experts on social media have reportedly slammed the language of the order and also banned the use of Bessent in treasury data.
Fox News Digital commented on Sunday to the Treasury Department, the White House and the Southern Region, but did not receive an immediate reply.
“To understand how bad Judge Engmaye’s judgment was, the (temporary restriction order) was approved to prohibit the access of the data by the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Doge and Doge and all other political appointees, you need to compare with the parallel cases where the judge denies the injunction. ” Cleveland posted to X.
Others on social media believe that the order does not prohibit access to data, but only prohibits him from granting data access to political appointees outside, especially government employees and government officials. Ministry of Finance.
Cleveland told Fox News numbers Sunday that the Attorney General lacked the basis for challenging Doge and the Treasury Department, besides the vague language of the order.
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“The (temporary restriction order) has a more fatal flaw: the plaintiffs have completely lacked the basis for challenging Doge, and the Ministry of Finance decided to grant full access to selected members of the executive team. It is impossible to use the system of access to the Treasury to freeze the grant to the grant to blue state or among its citizens; she said: “There are few reasons. ”
Elon Musk and Finance Minister Scott Bessent (Getty Image)
Bessent sent a letter to Congress earlier last week detailing Doge being “read only” “accessed” and “accessed” treasury data” and the investigation “has not paid for obligations such as Social Security and Medicare to delay or regroup . ”
Doge, led by Musk, has been investigating the federal government’s investigation of blitzkrieg to eliminate government overspending and fraud. Musk reported after Engelmayer’s ruling that Doge had reportedly discovered fraud in the national finance ministry.
“I was told (Friday) that at present, more than $100B is currently paid to individuals without an SSN or even a temporary ID number. If it is accurate, it is very suspicious.”
“When I asked anyone in the Treasury if there was a rough guess about the percentage of this number being explicitly fraudulent, the room’s consensus was about half, $50B/year or $1B/week! It must be resolved immediately.”
Vice President JD Vance also imposed trade-offs in Sunday’s order, lashing it out in an attempt to control “the legitimate power of executives.”
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“It would be illegal if the judge tried to tell the general how to conduct military operations. It would be illegal if the judge tried to direct the Attorney General how to use her discretion as a prosecutor. It would be illegal if the judge was not allowed to control the legal power of the executive,” He posted to X.
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Musk followed the order that he believed should be “impossessed”.
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“Protecting corrupt judges. He said in response to another social media post that Bessent was reportedly blocked from accessing data from his agency.
Andrea Margolis of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.