Multi-billionaire Elon Musk recently called for a federal judge who ruled against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) about accessing certain data from the U.S. Treasury Department. Since President Donald Trump stepped back into office, Musk has led DOGE in enacting an agenda to downsize the federal government and cut wasteful spending.
As background, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued an order last weekend restricting access to Treasury Department payment systems and other data surrounding “all political appointees, special government employees, and government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department.”
A group of attorneys general from nearly 20 states brought the case against President Trump, the Department of the Treasury, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week. Following the ruling, Musk took to X,writing, “A corrupt judge protecting corruption. He needs to be impeached NOW!” Musk was reacting to a post from conservative commentator Glenn Beck, who weighed in on the situation.
Beck wrote in his own post on X, “Let me see if I have this right. The Treasury Secretary CANNOT access any data from the treasury? Wow. Who is afraid the secrets are coming out. This judge was not elected nor was he given the mandate by the people. Enough is enough. WE THE PEOPLE demand transparency. IT IS OUR MONEY, NOT YOURS.”
Furthermore, the popular conservative X account Amuse gave a lengthy rundown of the predicament. Slamming the ruling, the post read, “In an egregious and unconstitutional assault on executive authority, Judge Paul Engelmayer has unilaterally forbidden all of Trump’s political appointees—including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—from accessing Treasury Department data.”
Amuse continued, “This ruling, concocted without legal precedent or constitutional justification, is nothing short of judicial sabotage. Worse, it was issued ex parte—meaning Trump administration lawyers weren’t given notice, weren’t allowed to argue, and weren’t even in the room. Only Democrat attorneys general were heard, ensuring a predetermined outcome.”
The post further argued there are no legal grounds for such a ruling. “Engelmayer’s order is legally indefensible. He cites no statutory basis because none exists,” Amuse said. “He offers no constitutional rationale because the Constitution directly contradicts him. Instead, he fabricates a fiction: that the duly appointed Treasury Secretary is nothing more than a ceremonial figurehead, akin to a powerless monarch, while unelected bureaucrats—who answer to no voters—control the nation’s finances. This is judicial tyranny masquerading as jurisprudence.”
