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From Fox News: President Donald Trump “100 percent” disagrees with a federal judge’s ruling on Saturday that bars the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Treasury Department, he said during an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier.
“Nineteen states attorneys general filed a lawsuit, and early Saturday a judge agreed with them to restrict Elon Musk and his government efficiency team, DOGE, from accessing Treasury Department payment and data systems. They said there was a risk of ‘irreparable harm.’ What do you make of that? And does that slow you down and what you want to do?” Baier asked Trump in the interview clip.
“No, I disagree with it 100%. I think it’s crazy. And we have to solve the efficiency problem. We have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse, all the things that have gone into the government. You take a look at the USAID, the kind of fraud in there,” Trump responded.
U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York Paul Engelmayer, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, issued a temporary restraining order Saturday that sided with 19 Democratic state attorneys general who claimed that giving DOGE “full access” to the Treasury’s payment systems violates the law. The lawsuit was spearheaded by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Through the order on Saturday, Judge Engelmayer has banned DOGE from accessing the Treasury system until at least Feb. 14, when the judge has scheduled a hearing to review the case.
WATCH President Trump’s reaction below, as he was interviewed by Fox News anchor Bret Baier at Mar-a-Lago earlier on Sunday.
Trump also addressed the judge’s ruling while aboard Air Force One on Sunday:
President Trump responds to the decision by an unelected district court judge who assumed control over the entire executive branch:
"When a president can't look for fraud and waste and abuse, we don't have a country anymore." pic.twitter.com/9sgCkM3ROR
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 9, 2025
Trump 100% disagrees with federal judge’s ‘crazy’ ruling blocking DOGE from Treasury system https://t.co/VjLYangt9k
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) February 10, 2025
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