Summary

Elon Musk called for U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer’s impeachment after the judge blocked his department, DOGE, from accessing sensitive Treasury records.

DOGE has faced criticism for its broad data access. Engelmayer ruled that only specialized civil servants could access Treasury records and ordered DOGE to destroy any obtained data.

Musk and GOP figures condemned the ruling, but judicial impeachment remains rare, with only eight judges removed since 1803.

The next court hearing is set for February 14.

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    2 days ago

    Musk, who called it “absolutely insane,” saying it prevents him from exposing alleged fraud in the federal government.

    that’s what the inspectors general do, or rather did before they were axed.

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      512 days ago

      I’m curious why nobody in authority or the media has publicly questioned how he was single-handedly able to uncover so much fraud in $5+ trillion worth of transactions with zero prior experience or knowledge of these systems all in a week’s worth of time. He’s so obviously full of shit here.

    • @Blade9732
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      592 days ago

      Yeah, but those guys use facts and figures and stuff. This way, Elon can manipulate anything he wants to do whatever they want. Much easier way to allow a fascist takeover.

      • @APassenger
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        262 days ago

        This.

        He’s not against fraud. He wants to pick the winners and losers. That’s how kleptocracies work.