Trump Seeks Stay on Order From Judge Who Blocked DOGE Access to Treasury Data

by R. Cort Kirkwood

The Trump Justice Department has filed a motion to block or modify a far-left federal judge’s restraining order that blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from access to Treasury Department data.

Pursuant to a lawsuit filed by 19 blue-state attorneys general, the order of 1 a.m. on Saturday from Judge Paul Engelmayer said DOGE employees can’t access Treasury data. DOGE has thus far documented billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse in myriad government agencies, notably USAID.

The order is so sweeping that it could prevent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent from doing his job, DOJ claims, which means it trespasses the separation of powers.

President Donald Trump sounded off about the judge’s order during an interview on Air Force One and during an pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox News talker Bret Baier. Engelmayer’s order, he told Baier, is a “disgrace.” 

Today, Judge Engelmayer granted a temporary restraining order, barring DOGE affiliated-employees from gaining access to data from the Treasury Department, in the suit by states attorneys general. Find the suit, and more legal challenges to actions taken by the Trump… pic.twitter.com/5ibA12gOse

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