Trump admin files motion to vacate restraining order prohibiting DOGE access to Treasury payment systems

The Trump administration has filed a motion to vacate or modify a temporary restraining order blocking DOGE from accessing Treasury payment records.

Although Krause, who was working at Treasury as a special government employee, admitted that "these high-level officials do not ordinarily need to receive access to or review data from such systems," he said an event could conceivably occur that could warrant them needing access.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a temporary restraining order on Saturday that "political appointees, special government employees and any government employee detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department access to Treasury Department payment systems or any other data maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information."