Federal District Judge Tanya Chutkan, in a seeming reversal, is now expressing some skepticism about efforts to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the government data it would need to carry out its task of finding wasteful spending. The Judge is expected to issue a ruling within the next 24 hours.
A federal judge expressed skepticism of efforts seeking to bar President Donald Trump’s administration from accessing federal data and firing federal workers when hearing remarks from the bench on Monday.
Judge Tanya Chutkan has yet to issue a ruling in the case, which relates to billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and their efforts to curb government spending. Chutkan says she will rule on the case within 24 hours.
At issue in the case are DOGE’s actions within seven federal agencies,…
