Tag #Taxpayer Records

What are the immediate consequences of the potential temporary injunction against Elon Musk's DOGE accessing sensitive taxpayer data?

A federal judge is leaning towards a temporary injunction blocking Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive taxpayer data held by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. This follows a lawsuit by federal unions alleging that DOGE employees accessed private taxpayer information, including social security numbers and addresses, without legal justification. The judge gave the government until 6 p.m. ET to agree to the injunction, which would allow two Treasury Department employees associated with DOGE to continue accessing records while preventing further access by DOGE.