02/20/2025

U.S. Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE from Treasury Department Data

It's unclear whether the data DOGE accessed has been shared outside the Treasury

A Manhattan Federal Court judge on Friday extended the temporary restraining order that bars staffers from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing U.S. Treasury Department data—which attorneys general from New York and other blue states have slammed as an unlawful threat to privacy—while she considers whether to impose a longer-term injunction.

After hearing some two hours of arguments, Judge Jeannette Vargas told lawyers for New York and allied states, and their opponents from the Department of Justice, "I do find good cause to extend the TRO as modified." Vargas said she would soon issue her decision, but not today, to “give the court time to consider” the issues.

While the proceeding largely maintained the status quo, it also lifted the veil on just how little is known about DOGE’s access to information—and where it went.

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