Federal Judge won’t Stop DOGE audits …

Actually?

The judge REALLY didn’t have another choice…..

President’s have always  had the abilityt to check their agaencies and departments….

They’ve just seldom done it….

In fact?

The Defense Dept. HAS failed it’s internal audits ALWAYS….

 

The problem is ‘HOW’ the consultans DO their audits….

And how the results are USED…

This should NOT be about Elon Musk 

It SHOULD be about HELPING America….

NOT politics….

 

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday refused the request of 14 Democratic state attorneys general to immediately impose wide-ranging restrictions on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The coalition of states, led by New Mexico, claims Musk’s far-reaching role heading DOGE is unconstitutional since he was not confirmed by the Senate, and the states sought to block DOGE from accessing seven federal agencies.

Chutkan refused their demand to do so at the current stage of the case, saying they had not made the necessary showing of irreparable harm.

“Plaintiffs legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected individual and an entity that was not created by Congress and over which it has no oversight,” Chutkan wrote in her ruling.

“In these circumstances, it must be indisputable that this court acts within the bounds of its authority,” she continued. “Accordingly, it cannot issue a TRO [temporary restraining order], especially one as wide-ranging as Plaintiffs request, without clear evidence of imminent, irreparable harm to these Plaintiffs. The current record does not meet that standard.”

However, in a footnote, the judge suggested that the Justice Department may have stretched the truth in court filings regarding the breadth of DOGE’s power over personnel issues….

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After the hearing, the Justice Department submitted a sworn declarationindicating that Musk is not a DOGE employee and is instead a senior adviser to the president at the White House.

The judge also questioned the government over thousands of federal employees apparently fired across several agencies on Friday, which a DOJ lawyer said he had not confirmed.

The case before Chutkan is one of more than a dozen pending lawsuits that challenge DOGE’s structure or its access to systems at various federal departments.

A separate judge late Monday declined to block DOGE from accessing student borrower data at the Education Department. On Friday night, a judge refused a group of unions’ request to block DOGE from accessing two federal departments and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which the administration has looked to gut….

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