Treasury sued over Musk's DOGE access to private information
Elon Musk, on the left; embraced by Donald Trump, on the right.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and former President Donald Trump were both present at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania. The event took place at the Butler Farm Show on Saturday, October 5, 2024. A photograph of them at the event was captured by AP Photo/Alex Brandon.

The largest federation of labor unions in the country achieved a significant victory against the Trump administration. They succeeded in their efforts to gain insight into the operations of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk.

U.S. District Judge John Bates, appointed by George W. Bush, issued a 16-page order in favor of the labor unions. He mandated that four members of the DOGE, described as “opaque,” must participate in depositions. These depositions will cover a range of specified topics, with each member required to testify under oath for a total of eight hours as determined by the court.

The judge’s move to enforce a certain measure of transparency on DOGE comes in response to an expedited discovery request from the AFL-CIO, several other unions, and a progressive economic think tank. Filed earlier this month, the underlying lawsuit aims to bar the often-evasively-defined group from accessing nonpublic Department of Labor information and accuses DOGE of violating “multiple laws.”

“Although this in an Administrative Procedure Act case, the discovery plaintiffs request is proper because it is necessary to determine the contours of the agency actions that plaintiffs challenge,” the order reads. “The limited expedited discovery plaintiffs request is also reasonable.”

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