In a stunning and sweeping emergency injunction that has even stunned the people who demanded it, a Manhattan-based District Judge has just removed Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent from his authority over the Treasury Department; blocked any political appointee from accessing records within the Treasury Department; blocked any “special appointee” of President Trump from records within Treasury; and demanded that all information previously extracted be destroyed.
The emergency injunction was signed by District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan, {Ruling pdf Here} determined without any input from the Trump administration and applies until Friday, February 14, 2025, when U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas will hear the full arguments of the lawsuit.
The emergency ruling comes as a result of 15 (Soros installed) attorneys general from New Jersey, New York, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Vermont, all filed suit in New York seeking to block Elon Musk and DOGE from access to information that would reveal how activist groups in their states have been funded by the U.S. government. [Link to Press Release Here]
WASHINGTON – […] The lawsuit said Musk and his team could disrupt federal funding for health clinics, preschools, climate initiatives, and other programs, and that Republican President Donald Trump could use the information to further his political agenda.
DOGE’s access to the system also “poses huge cybersecurity risks that put vast amounts of funding for the States and their residents in peril,” the state attorneys general said. They sought a temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access.
The judge, an appointee of Democratic former President Barack Obama, said the states’ claims were “particularly strong” and warranted him acting on their request for emergency relief pending a further hearing before another judge on February 14.
“That is both because of the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information and the heightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking,” Engelmayer wrote.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat whose office is leading the case, welcomed the ruling, saying nobody was above the law and that Americans across the country had been horrified by the DOGE team’s unfettered access to their data.
“We knew the Trump administration’s choice to give this access to unauthorized individuals was illegal, and this morning, a federal court agreed,” James said in a statement.
“Now, Americans can trust that Musk – the world’s richest man – and his friends will not have free rein over their personal information while our lawsuit proceeds.”
Engelmayer’s order bars access from being granted to Treasury Department payment and data systems by political appointees, special government employees and government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department.
The judge also directed that anyone prohibited under his order from accessing those systems to immediately destroy anything they copied or downloaded. (read more)
The order by the judge is transparent judicial activism; it will almost certainly be overturned and nullified by later rulings. However, it creates blocks and slows down the goal of the Dept of Government Efficiency and the objective of the Trump administration.
On what basis do states think they can sue the federal government to stop the federal government from auditing federal spending? How can a judge block the executive branch from executing the functions of the executive branch? This Lawfare activism is ridiculous.
Within the ruling:
…”restrained from granting access to any Treasury Department payment record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees, other than to civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties within the Bureau of Fiscal Services who have passed all background checks and security clearances and taken all information security training called for in federal statutes and Treasury Department regulations.” {source}
So, the unelected bureaucracy is in charge and not the Secretary of the Treasury?
This ruling is absolutely insane!
How on Earth are we supposed to stop fraud and waste of taxpayer money without looking at how money is spent?
That’s literally impossible!
Something super shady is going to protect scammers. https://t.co/7Eyy9ZsN7A
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2025
Let them try to enforce it.
I’d like to see that.
Trump should immediately enter an order saying all Treasury payments must be approved by him.
And how he reviews and with whom he reviews each proposed payment is covered by executive privilege.
“Elon, should I pay this bill?”
Easy Just hire Big Balls as a civil servant!!!
We already have one as our President.
Can a private citizen hack into government records, disseminate the info to the public, and call themselves Bigfoot, or maybe Q Anon?
Or maybe Snowden?
Mr. Bessant recently stated that two members of the DOGE team were employees of the Treasury Dept. Not sure if BB is one of them since Mr. Bessant didn’t specify whom
ignore the ruling. then issue a blanket pardon for all involved dating back to 1000 bc.
Now THAT’s a great idea!
Nice. A preemptive pardon!!! Love it!
Brilliant! Hope that’s the plan.
Let’s not forget going forward as well, 🤣
So why doesn’t PT open a DOJ criminal investigation now that there is possibly 100B going out without SSN?
Then the DOJ can arrest any judges or politicians that try to interfere with a criminal investigation for obstruction.
it’s going to scotus…soon..be unafraid ( I KNOW you are not, just saying it out loud so other may understand).
the thing about stage 4, revolution, transfer of power is that there are many battles. and temporary victories by both sides.
ultimately, the paradigm shifts to those who have truth…truth is a lion. Lions spare no fools.
God Bless America
The criminal investigation of monies going to undocumentable people can start yesterday. Doesn’t have to wait for anyone.
The Executive Branch is auditing itself –
Every taxpayer’s share of US Debt is over $323,000. We The People hired PDJT to audit the entire Federal government, and to drastically cut it back.
We The People need to be shouting to our House and Senate representatives objecting to this!
100%.
I continue to remind my Moonbat neighbors: PDJT represents the Executive branch of government, and he is auditing his responsibilities.
To the same Moonbat I ask, “Don’t you want PDJT to audit the Pentagon? You know, the Military Industrial Complex?”
Say that to a leftist and watch them spin. Then ask them how much money went to Ukraine and where are we with a proxy war with a nuclear power?
Even Zelensky stated he didn’t know where all the money went because he didn’t receive it all.
We The People need to be
shouting tofiring our House and Senate representatives objecting to this!*edited for clarity………
Remove them.
I think President Trump is allowing this to occur so folks will see just how corrupt the system has become.
Remember, most of us have known the system is corrupt for some time, but there are a lot of folks who are still waking up. The corruption of our federal legislative has been laid bare for all to see, now the corruption of the federal judiciary will be demonstrated for those who are just now opening their eyes.
We’ve been promised this pace will continue for the next 4 years. So, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
Cat’s out of the bag and they cannot put it back.
BINGO!! Biggest sting operation in history.
I can just hear George Suckos screaming “do someting, do someting.” He’s going to get his wish, the ICC is going to arrest and try him.
I am amazed at the ignorance {meaning: I don’t know} of commenters{not msm} that think that a judge can tell the POTUS how to execute the duties of the Executive branch…
When it is the Executive branch, aka President Trump, which has the Constitutional authority to enforce any Judicial decision.
Asked and answered.
This crap never even makes it to AG Bondi’s desk.
In God We Trust
Trust God.
Fear not.
All of the Soros’ funded attorney’s general have drawn attention to themselves. Their true reason to exist is to advance the George Soros’ Agenda.
Jena Griswold, attorney general of Colorado, put Tina Peters behind bars for exposing these Dominion vote counting machines.
Griswold is SoS, Phil Weiser is AG. I just use POS for both of them, our leftist governor, our 2 senators, most reps and pretty much everyone in CO government at all levels.
Plenary power but umkay, judge
Outing yourself to what end?
Xanato’s Gambit, judge
You’re DONE
Judge Paul Engelmayer did not pay for his {holiday house, wife’s jewelry, next skiing holiday, new car, stash of gold bars}
👍
Can’t WAIT to see if he pardons Menendez😭😹🤪
Article 3 section 2 clearly states that any such case the SCOTUS has original jurisdiction, this crook doesn’t even have jurisdiction, much less the authority to remove a congressionally confirmed officer without the slightest shred of due process. The Scotus would also have original jurisdiction on a federal judge charged with corrpution, file the indictment.
So the executive branch isn’t in charge of the executive branch? ROFL
They’re all Soros installed traitors anyway.
And now we know that Soros doesn’t even spend his own money to F us, he uses our taxdollars through USAID
No shit! This is outrageous.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the report the OMB came out with that says the United States Treasury ILLEGALLY made $514 BILLION in payments to programs that are not authorized. Some have not been authorized in 40 YEARS.
They are definitely scrambling to hide a lot of nefarious activities. Since when does a judge have more POWER than the United States President?? This is infuriating 🤬
How were these states injured??
“The US Treasury Spent HOW MUCH Illegally? Now You Know Why the Left Wants to Stop DOGE”
Excerpts:
In a report titled “Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024,” the CBO observes: “Historically, House and Senate rules restrict lawmakers from considering an appropriation if it lacks a current authorization.” Nevertheless, “CBO estimates that $516 billion was appropriated for 2024 for activities with expired authorizations, which the agency identified for each House and Senate authorizing committee and appropriations subcommittee.” That $516 billion in illegal payments cover “1,264 authorizations of appropriations that expired before the beginning of fiscal year 2024 and 251 authorizations of appropriations that were set to expire by the end of fiscal year 2024.” The legal authority for some of these payments expired 40 — that’s not a typo — years ago.
This data reveals a couple of things. First, Congress has established a shadow funding stream for pet projects of either the institution or of senior members that allows money to be shoveled into a porkulus spending bill under the guise of preventing a government shutdown. The money is paid even though there is no legal authority for the disbursement. This is what, among lesser beings, would be called embezzlement, but no word exists to describe the activity on this scale. Where embezzlement gets the plebians a stiff jail term, it gets members of Congress reelected and seats on corporate boards.
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/02/08/the-us-treasury-spent-how-much-illegally-now-you-know-why-the-left-wants-to-stop-doge-n2185365
Excellent post. Thanq
I want DOGE to compare tax returns to stimulus checks to see how many America citizens have been cheated out of their money. Then check IRS letters going to tax payers claiming the IRS owes them money and then cross check against the checks to see that the tax payers never received the money. I have both, still haven’t received the money and was told I was not eligible for a tax payer advocate even though the IRS could not point to such a federal statute or code. Then I want Daniel Werfel, the ex-head of the IRS charged with perjury for lying during a Congressional hearing that the money was disbursed and every taxpayer validated for ObamaCare. It was a lie and I have the IRS letters to show citizens denied for years, because of delays in processing returns.
Sure would have been nice to have the money to offset the fraudulent increases in Medicare that was illegally paying out to fraudulent border crossers.
All the waste, fraud and abuse should be offset against foreign aid. Those involved in these crimes should have their assets seized as compensation to their victims.
Also remember social security and pension funds are still scamming retirees. The money vanishes into thin air or the calculations during your planning phase are fictitious. What they tell you you are going to get and what you actually get is lower. When you question the documentation that you save, they have no answers.
If you have a 401K plan, when you died or move after leaving the company, a shell game begins whereby it is transferred from one banking institution to the next and they claim they can’t find it. It took me 3 years to find my brother’s retirement pension and 401K plan due to a merger. I only found it, because an employee from the old company that took a transfer to the new company had the information as her father had just retired. Mind you it was just luck, because she did not work in HR or with the pension/401K plans. She just answered the general phone calls coming into the company.
I have looked for my mom’s 401K plan for years only to find Liz Warren went after Herbert Lawson for misappropriation of 401k funds to his personal use. There obviously was no restitution by him or his employer, Gambro Health Care, Inc. on this money as it is still missing. Remember the government claims that the reporting of this money is voluntary by the companies and banks that are the fiduciaries, thus holding them to a lesser standard.
AI answer:
“The U.S. Attorney General cannot override district judges; however, the Attorney General can appeal a district court’s decision to a higher court. The judicial system operates independently, and district judges have the authority to make their own rulings within their jurisdiction.”
The judge’s district/jurisdiction is NY, so how does he have any say about what happens in DC where the Dept. of Treasury is located and why is he alone acting on behalf of the commie states probably wanting to block evidence of crimes?
And how can a Presidential investigation into waste and fraud be legally blocked at all?
Good point on venue.
However, Letitia James is NY AG, and NY is a party. So technically it can be filed in NY, although DC is definitely the more appropriate venue.
The state may be a party to the attempted cover-up, but how can a state judge override something being done in DC to an executive branch agency by order of the President?
He’s a federal judge based in Manhattan.
AI answer:
“Federal district judges can review and potentially block executive actions, including those by the president, if they find those actions unconstitutional or beyond the president’s authority. This serves as a check on executive power, ensuring that the president’s actions comply with the law and the Constitution.”
SO, since the President ordering a fraud and waste investigation into one of his executive branch agencies is NOT unconstitutional, this is simply a stalling/obstruction move?
Yes, but why would that ever stop an Obama judge?
This is why we are in a Constitutional crisis as I see it, federal judges abusing their powers.
I would ignore the ruling.
The point is that district court judge’s decisions can only apply to the district not the country. The SC has already questioned the policy!
Callin’ it
Eisen’s sleeping on the couch in her office
God these …people….are beyond repulsive. ‘A people should know when they’ve been beat…’Why is it always that shythole called ny?
Nuremberg 2.0 is coming for these DS child trafficking criminals.
Well, President Trump is going to the mat..
He has just removed security clearances for Letitia James and Alvin Bragg, so that they are no longer able to enter into any securefederal building. Same for Antony Blinken….
This is getting good.
I’m sure on this ridiculous partisan action by the activist judge, knowing absurdities like this obvious, unconstitutional obstructionist ruling would be attempted, he will be way ahead of him.
Their error is in assuming that Third Term President Trump is the same as First Term President Trump.
i assure them all…he is not.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/trump-stripping-the-security-clearances-from-a-new-hit-list-of-antagonists-including-ny-ag-letitia-james-da-alvin-bragg/
So Letitia is suing, claiming that there is a security risk with Musk’s crew working in Treasury, but now she lacks the security clearance review the evidence.
I’d guess every Soros AG who is a plaintiff will not have the necessary security clearance to have any access to the evidence that allegedly shows the security risk they say it possible. And the Treasury civil servants cannot share it with these AG’s then.
Well, played, Mr. President, well played.
Somehow this doesn’t seem enough…
I knew it!!! It isn’t enough…
Add Lisa Monaco, Andrew Weissman, and Jake Sullivan.
Why do they have federal security clearances?
The security risk that they are talking about is to themselves personally, it’s for the DS swampers.
There is us and then there is the blob.. the security threat is to the blob— it’s got nothing to do with us or America!
This entire program rolled out over the past two weeks was planned out in advance for over a year. I’m sure it included strategies for overcoming the anticipated Lawfare challenges to most of the EOs. It’s fun watching smart plans and people operate.
No question. As with all great cooks (of “gooses”), preparation is all 😎
All.activist judges need to be removed post haste.
Impeachment??
BEAUTIFUL!!!
No clearance= CAC turned off. (CAC is Common Access Card i.e. Gov ID.)
That means no access to .gov systems.
Lol
its amazing how something so fake as lawfare…can have such real consequences.
this just proves how much fraud and hush money…and secret slush funds there are.
Says the political appointed judge !
how can he enforce it?
Biden’s F-15’s
this is only “one” factor of the stage 4, revolution; the transfer of power.
put this down in the category of legal competition.
we will win. we will win, because we HAVE THE LAW ON OUR SIDE..and not because we have primary power, but because the law is clear.
these people have no standing.
they have no met the 3 tests that scotus in 1992 determined would guidance about whether someone can make a suit against Government.
so there are 4 factors that these reprobates must overcome…and no manner of corrupt Soros enabled judges who THINK otherwise, they will lose.
they will lose for two basic reasons.
a. the legal reason…it’s not complicated to understand that there is no privacy or harm issues. as such there is a standing problem that they have no met.
b. without saying it out loud, I will just say this…we are not breaking the law, but we are going to do what is necessary to make what ought to be, what is..no matter what. even if some of us might face jail. I leave it up to the American REPUBLIC< THE PEOPLE, and in their hands to determine what that fate will be…and also President Trump…he has the authority and that power of pardon. I think the people and President Trump will pardon me and others if we cross over some lines….
I think about a former president whom I have the greatest regard who state something along the lines: “you will never be a great nation of moral example, by being a coward”…I think he name was Jefferson…I dunno. What I do know is that paradigm shifts do not happen in human society by attending to rules.
I break them. routinely. It is what I consider to be a true American Patriot. But not to harm. Only to correct what is broken and corrupt. I learned this first from My FATHER. And the experienced it at scale with Julian Assange.
God Bless America
Thank you!
I appreciate your insights.
Cheers!
How is this even possible? How can a scumbag activist judge do this? Where’s Pam Bondi and the DOJ? What’s the process to get this judge and the other witch who did the same thing removed from the bench, impeached ? How are these judges having any jurisdiction over the executive branch?
I have a feeling they’re (DOJ/AG) burning the midnight oil. The hand picked top guns in the AG’s office may not even be taking a break to watch tomorrow’s game.
Bondi was always a deep state mole.
Bondi (DOJ) has no power over the Judiciary.
Send the military police and arrest this judge.
we go this…do not be bothered. we got this
“The emergency injunction was signed by District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan,{Today, February 08, 2025} determined without any input from the Trump administration and applies until Friday, February 14, 2025,”
From the 8th till the 14th. Now we all know how long it takes for the minions within the Treasury Department to hide, erase, and destroy any documentation that could be used to prosecute them for criminal activities. I wonder if their document shredders are working overtime this weekend……….
Emergency appeal to the Second Circuit, and then to SCOTUS, if necessary.
Even the Secretary of the Treasury himself is barred from accessing the data. He’s a political appointee, not a civil servant.
Thank you for that last. Because he was sworn in, I really did assume he is a “civil servant,” working for We the People.
Sotomayor is over the second circuit.
I think she would see that it should be referred to the whole Court. She’s been on the Court long enough to have respect for her colleagues, even if she often disagrees with them.
And confirmed by the Senate to fulfill the duties of the office.
I would announce that there is a water leak in the building and no one can come in except the P, VP, and Secretary of the Department.
Just lock them out.
Here be the problem: George Soros was taking USAID money. George Soros used that money to get these AGs elected. They are now functioning in a group to protect George Soros’s interests. That is called a Rico Conspiracy.
We clearly need a special prosecutor to investigate how widespread this goes.
This is a really good point.
Musk and the others have the security clearances they need and they count as civil servants who need to access the info for their jobs to me. Ignore the ruling and keep going.
Typo:
Wrong: Secretary of State Scott Bessent
Should read: Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent
Investigate the Judge.
Trump is not going to abide by this crook. Trump is making new history but so will our Supreme Court, They have never had to work so hard, some will love the legal challenges some won’t know the first thing only that it’s {{{raycist}}}, homophobic, or misogynist.
Is the US Attorney General, Pam Bondi, over these State AGs?
No.
No doubt he KNEW what they’d do, too, despite the fact it won’t work because THE PLENARY POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE
Xanato’s Gambit
They’ll never stop until they’re stopped, and we’re pretty much there which is right where he’s led them😹😭🤣💥🔥🇺🇸❤️
“On January 28, 2025, Scott Bessent was sworn in as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.”
Whether one likes the guy or not, that’s the reality. With cameras rolling, I’d like to see him try to enter his office and see who tries to stop him. It’s his bailiwick, his responsibility. A show(ing) of confidence and disdain for the judge is needed at this point. Running to SCOTUS first would seem like asking even more judges for permission.
Enough…call in the Military to take control of the Southern District and DC…..these clowns will never stop….
Yes. Maybe arrive with Federal Marshalls.
New York Judge?
Sounds like Hillary is worried.
DOGE audit has revealed the Clintons have been the biggest beneficiaries of USAID money.
“…………the Clintons have been the biggest beneficiaries of USAID money.”
Did they launder it through the Clinton Global Initiative or the Clinton Foundation first?
Yes.
Didn’t SCOTUS send out a directive to the district courts that they do not have jurisdiction outside of the district, much less the circuit, to impose a national injunction? Am I wrong? Maybe these judges didn’t get the memo?
I thought that case was pending before SCOTUS. It is a problem that allows judge-shopping.
Yes, both Gorsuch and Thomas made statements in a case from President Trump’s first term when there were 54 nationwide injunctions against his administration, that if these injunctions didn’t stop, the SCOTUS would take up the issue. They didn’t say they needed a case to take up the issue.
Seriously, we have seen ENOUGH. Marshall law and roud up the entire DNC & Rino communities and they can defend themselves in military court.
I am sure Trump and Musk have a list of options and are putting one into action right now.
As I’ve said for months:
#1 Take employees access to computers away
#2 Disable employee phones and credit cards
#3 Invalidate employee smart cards
#4 Ban employee access to buildings
There is NO judge that can over rule doing that!
Do that and the employees will beg for an end to lawfare!
Then get on with the business DOGE is trying to do.
Labor Unions tried to block DOGE from accessing records for the Department of Labor. This judge says they have NO Standing. The states in this suit to block DOGE from the United States Treasury have NO Standing. This judge got it very wrong!
Margot Cleveland on X
In denying TRO to unions seeking to prevent DOGE from accessing Department of Labor databases, the Judge actually takes the issue of standing seriously. Standing means the Plaintiff suffers an injury such that the law recognizes he has the right to “stand” before court. 1/
2/ Here is opinion. If you compare this opinion to the others granting TRO on spending freeze you’ll note the judges in those cases just mumbled over the standing analysis–because there was no standing!
I expect SCOTUS to overrule the commie judge, but it gives the crooks time to destroy evidence which is probably all they wanted.
IMHO the judge has potentially aided and abetted a crime/crimes, so IDK of anyone will pursue that if it is later determined to have occurred inside Treasury before Musk & gang were able to unearth the evidence…
Not if they can’t get in the building.
I’m not sure they have to physically get into the building in order to access the electronic data…………
GB, they cannot destroy the evidence. It has been secured.
Also, Team Patriot already had all the evidence, a long time ago now.
Think Space Force and Admiral Rogers at NSA.
The obstacle was how to get it out of the intelligence silo and into a court of law, and into plain public view.
I think that effort is going swimmingly, don’t you?
Streisand Effect. Thanks, Judge.
Well that would be nice – provided there are no “back doors”………
Yes the Streisand Effect. is working well.
(For those who don’t know that term- Streisand Effect is a phenomenon in which an attempt to censor, hide, or otherwise draw attention away from something only serves to attract more attention to it. The name derives from American singer / actress Barbra Streisand’s lawsuit against a photographer in 2003, which drew attention to the photo she was suing to have taken off the Internet… (ooops…)
I have confidence in the Wizards and Warlocks to have secured all the doors.
DOGE needs to audit those judges.
If the Democrats have them at their beck and call, they are most likely dirty .
Every patriotic US voter should be contacting his or her representative and objecting strenuously to the way judges are obstructing investigation into fraud and waste of their tax payments. Flood them with the demand this gets resolved at the highest level, speedily, and no more dragging of feet for the approval of the president’s nominees.
Well, it’s not every single time but it’s close!
Ummm. My understanding is that the President has plenary power over the executive branch. This, “judge” can go pound sand!
Impeach the judge.
Why does team Fearful Fraud need a week? Do they need a simple breather or do they have actions planned?
Try the Democrat approach to ignoring Supreme Court decisions they don’t like…
Yep! Just change the name from DOGE to EGOD and keep doing the same thing. That’s what’s worked for the Democrats over 30 years…
“Affirmative Action” becomes Diversity.
“Good Cause” for a CCW becomes good moral character.
DOGE becomes EGOD!
Ignore the judges ruling. What’s he going to do
Trump must tell New York Judge Paul Engelmayer to piss-off!
I trust PDJT. I think he & Musk anticipated this to occur frequently…
This guy thinks so too……
Q? Really?
I could not edit the tweet to post it but the reasoning from Joe Lange is accurate.
If you are that far behind the curve, maybe go over to Fox News or something and hang out there?
Joe Lange is a very smart, very awake guy, and his analysis here is dead on.
Breathe.
It is going to be just fine.
👍 Yep. I follow him so I agree with your assessment.
We all knew it was coming. Get it over and done with. SrCOTUS better take it quick. And then continue at even more energized pace.
Is there a Supreme Court in the house?
This New York City Judge just issued an injunction making Kamala the acting President.
It’s a federal judge based in NYC.
Ignore this garbage ruling!!!!