A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s Government Efficiency team from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury Department records, according to court documents.
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued a temporary restraining order on Saturday, halting access and ordering Musk and his team to immediately destroy any copies of the records.
The access block follows a lawsuit filed by 19 state attorneys general against the Trump administration after Doge (a Musk-led cost-cutting initiative) gained access to the Treasury Department’s records.
Prosecutors argued that granting Musk, who is a “special government employee,” access violated federal law.
There has been no comment yet from the White House, President Donald Trump, or Musk.
Democratic state prosecutors filed the lawsuit against Trump, the Treasury Department, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday.
Engelmayer’s order, issued early on Saturday, stated that the states would face “irreparable harm” without immediate relief.
“This is due to the risk posed by the new policy regarding the distribution of sensitive and confidential information and the increased risk that the aforementioned systems will be more vulnerable to hackers,” the order stated.
The conditions will remain in effect until the next court session on February 14.
