The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems.

The Trump administration asked a federal judge late Sunday to immediately dissolve his order barring Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) associates from accessing Treasury Department information—the latest in a slew of legal actions as Democrats and others fight President Donald Trump and cost-cutting czar Musk in court.

Many are sounding the alarms over Elon Musk's recent access to the U.S. Department of Treaury's payment system, which is responsible for handling over $6 trillion in annual federal payments. A large concern is surrounding Musk's access to millions of American's data and payments that directly affect their well-being,

Five former Treasury secretaries warned in a New York Times op-ed Monday that the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the nation's payment system could subject "highly sensitive data" to the "risk of exposure.

Ex-officials took the ‘extraordinary step’ of commenting due to concern over the ‘arbitrary and capricious political control of federal payments’