Rob Bonta and a dozen other attorneys general say President Donald Trump lacks the constitutional authority to expand unauthorized access for political appointees.
President Donald Trump on Friday said he was removing former President Joe Biden’s access to classified information by revoking his security clearance and stopping his daily intelligence briefings.
Attorney General Jeff Jackson said the decision to give access to the team led by Elon Musk was “federal overreach that puts millions of Americans at risk by exposing confidential financial data.”
The suit filed by 19 states comes after the Justice Department agreed in a separate case to put restrictions on Department of Government Efficiency staffers at the Treasury Department.
US president cites Biden’s removal of Trump’s security clearance in 2021 in the wake of the January 6 attacks and attempts to overturn the 2020 election result
The wreckage of a plane that went missing in Alaska has been found, US officials said Friday, with all 10 people aboard thought to have died.On January 30, a passenger jet collided midair with a US Army helicopter in Washington, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft.
Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who resigned after racist social media posts including a call to “normalize Indian hate” surfaced, will return to work for Musk, the billionaire announced.