Union and advocacy groups sued the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday over the decision to give Elon Musk and others at the Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payments system.
The Alliance for Retired Americans, the American Federation of Government Employees and the Service Employees International Union objected to the defendants "unlawful ongoing, systematic, and continuous disclosure of personal and financial information" to Musk and his team.
The lawsuit was filed in the Washington, D.C. federal court.
"Defendants’ ongoing, systematic, and continuous action in permitting Elon Musk and/or other individuals associated with DOGE to access the Bureau’s records and the personal and financial information contained therein violates that duty and is in excess of their statutory authority," read one section of the 19-page lawsuit.
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