DOGE has been at the center of several lawsuits over its attempts to access the sensitive information of American citizens.

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order restricting Department of Government Efficiency employees from accessing data containing personally

The Trump administration claims DOGE is targeting waste in the federal government. Musk has been focused on Social Security as an alleged hotbed of fraud, describing it as a “ponzi scheme” and insisting that reducing waste in the program is an important way to cut government spending.