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From the Wall Street Journal: A judge on Thursday signed off on a temporary agreement that limits the sharing of sensitive Treasury data amid a dispute over access granted to Elon Musk’s allies as he spearheads a sweeping review of government spending.
The agreement, brokered by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, allows two Musk allies who have been named Treasury employees to continue to access a payments system containing the personal and financial data of millions of Americans.
But it prohibits the two men, Tom Krause and Marko Elez, from sharing sensitive Treasury data with anyone outside the agency. She also limited Krause and Elez to “read-only” access, meaning they can read records but not alter them.
The agreement came after a lawsuit on Monday filed by a coalition of labor unions whose members are among the millions of people who receive payments from the federal government.
President Donald Trump appointed Elon Musk to head up the Department of Government Efficiency, with the specific purpose of finding and cutting out wasteful government spending.
Democrats are howling in protest, and the left-leaning nonprofit, Public Citizen, filed a lawsuit on behalf of AFL-CIO and others, in an effort to stop Musk from accessing the Treasury payments portal, as they claim that personal social security numbers, home addresses and banking information would be disclosed.
Judge Kollar-Kotelly said the agreement is intended to “preserve the status quo” until she can hear legal arguments on the case.
The WSJ explained: The agreement signed by Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee sitting in Washington, D.C., will remain in place until she can decide on whether the labor unions are entitled to an injunction.
ABC News reported that “the agreement will stay in place until Feb. 24 when both sides return to court to argue about a long-term preliminary injunction.”
ABC further explained: The two special government employees allowed to continue seeing Treasury Department data are Tom Krause and Marko Elez, according to the filing. Krause is the former chief executive of Cloud Software Group, a Silicon Valley tech company. Marko Elez is a 25-year-old engineer who used to work for Musk’s X and SpaceX.
A Federal judge in D.C. has blocked Elon Musk from accessing sensitive Treasury Department systems and records.
The order limits “Read-only” access to:
– Mr. Tom Krause
– Mr. Marko Elez
– Anybody who is “not a Special Government Employee” pic.twitter.com/7eT1lRYVxo— Jon Herold (@patel_patriot) February 6, 2025
LifeNews.com, a pro-life Christian organization, warned:
The judge who just blocked DOGE is the one who put pro-life grandma Paulette Harlow in prison.
When Paulette’s husband worried Paulette would die in prison, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly mocked their Christian faith and said she should try to stay alive.
The judge who just blocked DOGE is the one who put pro-life grandma Paulette Harlow in prison.
When Paulette’s husband worried Paulette would die in prison, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly mocked their Christian faith and said she should try to stay alive.https://t.co/CfT86LdiwP pic.twitter.com/uLFQncBhY5
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) February 6, 2025
🚨BREAKING🚨
Radical left Federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who was appointed by Bill Clinton, temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from obtaining access to certain Treasury Department payment records.
This “Judge” is a political activist. pic.twitter.com/my8xqdVyrP
— Zach (@ZachFrenUSA) February 6, 2025
A judge signed off on a temporary agreement that limits the sharing of sensitive Treasury data amid a dispute over access granted to Elon Musk’s DOGE allies https://t.co/rRc0Wbu3RM
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 6, 2025
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