BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released the following statement after a federal court granted a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk from having unauthorized access to Americans’ private information:
“While President Trump attempts to give his billionaire friends limitless
power, my colleagues and I will keep showing up in court to protect the state, our residents, and the programs they depend on. This order is a victory that stops Elon Musk and DOGE from accessing and misusing sensitive, private data while we continue fighting their gross abuse of power,” said AG Campbell.On February 7, a coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to stop the unauthorized access to Americans’ private information. The coalition asserts that the Trump Administration illegally provided Elon Musk and DOGE unauthorized access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system, and therefore to individual Americans’ and states’ sensitive information, including social security numbers and bank account information.
On the morning of February 8, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York granted a Temporary Restraining Order blocking the Trump Administration from giving DOGE access to Americans’ most sensitive personal information and ordering them to immediately destroy any and all copies of records they had already obtained.
Last night, a judge granted the coalition’s motion for a preliminary injunction, barring the government from allowing unauthorized government employees like Elon Musk and DOGE to access the Treasury’s central payment system while the coalition’s lawsuit proceeds.
Joining AG Campbell in this lawsuit are the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
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