NEW YORK CITY—A federal judge in Manhattan has extended a temporary hold placed on the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Department of Treasury data.
The decision came alongside a hearing at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse in New York City. The state of New York and more than a dozen other states sued President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department, alleging that the administration was exceeding its authority in granting access.
Southern District of New York Judge Jeanette Vargas issued an order on Feb. 11 modifying another order from another judge on Feb. 8. Her order restrained political appointees’ access to Treasury data but clarified that “this Order shall not apply to any Officer of the United States Department of the Treasury nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, in accordance with the Appointments Clause of Article II of the Constitution.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
