Summary

A federal judge has ordered Elon Musk and DOGE to produce documents revealing staff identities and internal records related to government spending cuts.

Judge Tanya Chutkan’s ruling comes in a lawsuit from 14 Democratic state attorneys general claiming Musk unconstitutionally exercises powers reserved for Senate-confirmed officials.

Despite White House efforts to shield Musk by designating him a “senior adviser” and invoking executive privilege, the judge allowed limited discovery to determine DOGE’s scope.

This marks the second recent setback, following another ruling that DOGE’s “unprecedented” authority requires subjecting its records to public disclosure.

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    Fuck the media for portraying this as “cost cutting”. The money isn’t going back to tax payers. It isn’t going towards the debt. It’s just sitting in government bank accounts doing fucking nothing.

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      Your fooling yourself if you think Trump doesn’t already have a plan to move that money from the government bank accounts to his own.

    • The2b@lemmy.vg
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      Hey, it’s not doiing nothing. The banks are loaning it out and collecting sweet, sweet interest on those billions.