Day 20

February 8, 2025

3 documented events

  1. Serious Rights Violation Corruption & Self-Dealing

    CFPB Dismantlement While Musk Launches Competing XMoney Payment Service

    Elon Musk's DOGE shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the very agency that would regulate his planned XMoney payment platform — while DOGE operatives accessed confidential CFPB data about competitors. Public Citizen, senators, and ethics experts identified criminal conflict-of-interest violations.

  2. Serious Rights Violation Corruption & Self-Dealing

    Federal judge blocks DOGE access to Treasury

    US District Judge Paul Engelmayer issues a preliminary injunction blocking DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records, after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued. New York Attorney General Letitia James leads the case.

  3. Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Corruption & Self-Dealing

    Federal judge blocks DOGE access to Treasury systems

    US District Judge Paul Engelmayer issues a preliminary injunction blocking DOGE from accessing Treasury Department payment systems, calling the approach 'chaotic and haphazard.' The ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by 19 state attorneys general led by New York AG Letitia James.