The following day, federal judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting.
DOGE employees from obtaining Treasury payment system data and ordering them to destroy any materials they may have obtained in a decision on another DOGE-related lawsuit.
February 14 is the date of the case’s hearing. Musk called for the judge’s impeachment on his social media platform, X, calling him “a corrupt judge protecting corruption.”
In a petition on February 9, the Department of Justice argued that the restraining order may be interpreted to bar Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent from accessing data from.
The Treasury payment system and sought to have it lifted. As Musk and DOGE’s engineers deal with threats, notably on social media, the layoffs and legal actions are taking place.
The Epoch Times reviewed content on the social media site Bluesky and discovered many messages identifying and, in some instances, threatening DOGE employees and Musk.
