Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks DOGE Access To Social Security Systems
The ruling, which could be challenged on appeal, comes in a lawsuit filed by labor unions and others.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE department from Social Security systems that hold personal data of millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander found that the agency gained broad access to sensitive information at the Social Security Administration to search for fraud with little justification. The judge referred to the work as a “fishing expedition,” based…