{"id":3724,"date":"2025-05-03T16:57:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2025-05-03T16:57:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:57:48","slug":"musks-doge-preparing-to-audit-irs-other-agencies-after-court-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=3724","title":{"rendered":"Musk\u2019s DOGE Preparing to Audit IRS, Other Agencies After Court Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"364\"><strong data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"142\">Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)<\/strong> gained access to financial data from more federal agencies following a court victory on Tuesday. This expansion of authority follows a contentious legal battle over the scope of DOGE\u2019s influence within federal operations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"364\">\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"364\">\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"364\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"714\"><strong data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"409\">Gavin Kliger, a DOGE software engineer,<\/strong> is expected to receive access to sensitive IRS data, a move that has sparked alarm among critics. Former Treasury official Lily Batchelder called this level of political appointee access unprecedented and possibly illegal. Democratic Senators have demanded further details amid fears of political misuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"932\"><strong data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"757\">Ironically, Musk himself was a victim<\/strong> of a previous IRS data breach in 2021, when his tax records were leaked to ProPublica. A White House spokesman defended Musk\u2019s role as necessary for cutting government waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"1183\"><strong data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"966\">Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected<\/strong> a lawsuit by 14 Democratic state attorneys general seeking to block DOGE\u2019s expanded access. 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