A federal court has sided with the Trump administration, resolving a disagreement with New York Attorney General Letitia James over the broad scope of cost-cutting efforts to scrutinize US Treasury payments that they believe are bloated with excessive spending.
James was one of 18 Democratic attorneys general who sued to stop the US Department of Government Efficiency’s inquiry of the Treasury payment system. The clique suffered a significant blow on Tuesday when U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas of the Southern District of New York eased the final legal obstacle for the four DOGE workers entrusted with conducting the inquiry.
A previous injunction was also lifted when the Trump administration demonstrated that it had properly instructed the four employees to protect sensitive taxpayer information during the investigation. Vargas allowed access to one DOGE employee in April after they had finished a similar training session.
