On February 15th, a US judge extended the temporary ban on Musk’s government efficiency department’s access to the Treasury Department’s payment system. On the early morning of February 8th local time, a federal judge in the United States temporarily blocked the government efficiency department led by Musk from accessing the government system used by the US Treasury to process trillions of dollars in payments, citing the risk of sensitive and confidential information being improperly leaked. The order was issued by Manhattan District Judge Engel, after a coalition of 19 US states (mostly led by Democrats) filed a lawsuit claiming that Musk’s government efficiency department had no access to the US Treasury Department’s system.
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