DOGE, your data and Musk’s conflicts

On 6 June 2025, the Supreme Court paused a lower-court order and let DOGE staff access Social Security data while the case continued. Three justices dissented. [1][2]

In March 2025, Judge Theodore Chuang found that Musk had likely acted as an officer without Senate confirmation, in violation of the Appointments Clause; an appeals court paused the ruling. [3]

A labor-board IT staffer, Daniel Berulis, told Congress about 10 gigabytes of data left the board after DOGE arrived. The board denied a breach. [4]

Democratic staff on the Senate investigations subcommittee counted at least 65 federal actions against Musk’s companies across 11 agencies and estimated $2.37 billion in potential liability. It is a partisan, upper-bound estimate. [1][2]

In March 2025 the New York Times reported the Pentagon planned to brief Musk on war plans for China, a country where Tesla has major business. Trump and Pentagon officials denied it. Axios later reported Trump had the briefing stopped. [3][4][5]