On February 22, a federal judge in the United States extended the ban on Musk’s government efficiency department’s access to the Treasury Department’s payment system on February 21 local time. It is reported that US District Judge Janet Vargas, located in Manhattan, has approved the request of 19 Democratic state attorneys general to issue an injunction against the government efficiency department’s access to the system until the relevant litigation results are announced. 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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