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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

A now-former DOGE aide violated US Treasury policy by emailing an unencrypted database containing people's private information to two Trump administration officials, according to a court document filed Friday.

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... That filing pertains to a February lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 other state AGs challenging DOGE's access to the Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Services (BFS), which disburses trillions of dollars annually to US households, federal employees, and contractors including Social Security and Medicare benefits, tax credits, and grants and payments. ...

The latest filing [PDF] contains sworn testimony of David Ambrose, the chief security and privacy officer at the BFS, who told the court that then-DOGE operative Marko Elez violated Treasury rules by sending the unencrypted database including personally identifiable information and by not obtaining prior approval for the transmission.

Elez, who had been granted access to BFS systems and equipment in January and early February, resigned soon after when evidence emerged linking him to a Twitter account that had pushed for hate against Indian people, advocated for a "eugenic immigration policy," and boasted: "I was racist before it was cool." ...


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