The Washington Post: Judge denies temporary ban on DOGE access to private data

John L. Davisson, director of litigation for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said at a hearing Friday that exposing millions of Americans’ private financial data in a “historically large and consequential breach” violated several federal laws and the Fifth Amendment, and could leave the United States more vulnerable to malign actors.

In one of his first executive orders last month, Trump charged DOGE and its de facto leader, billionaire Elon Musk, with modernizing government agencies and reviewing their functions. Justice Department attorneys said in a legal filing that the groups suing over DOGE’s moves were “seeking unprecedented judicial micromanagement of the Executive Branch’s ability to share government data with its own employees.”

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