Trump Officials Ordered To Testify On DOGE Actions

Politico reports:

A federal judge has ordered Trump administration officials involved in Elon Musk’s “opaque” DOGE to testify under oath in one of the sprawling lawsuits seeking to block DOGE’s access to sensitive government databases.

U.S. District Judge John Bates agreed Thursday that “very limited” efforts to question officials connected to DOGE would help clarify what exactly the group is doing and whether it poses the risks to sensitive data that government employees fear.

Bates’ order will allow unions and liberal groups suing to question four officials: one from DOGE’s White House headquarters and one each from the Labor Department, HHS, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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NEW: A judge has ordered Trump administration officials — and at least one DOGE staffer — to sit for depositions in a lawsuit over the group’s access to sensitive government systems.

Judge Bates called DOGE’s activities “opaque.”

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