A federal judge early Saturday temporarily blocked billionaire Elon Musk¡¯s government efficiency team from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars in payments, citing a risk that sensitive information could be improperly disclosed.
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan issued the order after a coalition of Democratic attorneys general from 19 U.S. states filed a lawsuit late Friday arguing that Musk¡¯s Department of Government Efficiency has no legal power to access the U.S. Department of the Treasury systems.
The ruling also applied to other political appointees of President Donald Trump¡¯s administration.
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