New York Attorney General Letitia James’ legal battle against President Donald Trump over DOGE-linked access to sensitive Treasury systems ended Wednesday with a federal judge dismissing the lawsuit she spearheaded with 18 other states.The case stems from Trump’s January 2025 executive order establishing DOGE, which directed executive agencies to create DOGE teams and set July 4, 2026 as the termination date for the U.S.DOGE Service Temporary Organization.James led a coalition – which included New York and 18 other states – that sued the following month after Treasury gave DOGE-affiliated employees access to Bureau of the Fiscal Service systems, which process federal payments and contain sensitive financial information.JUDGE SAYS ISSUES IN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANTI-WEAPONIZATION CASE 'ALIVE AND KICKING' DESPITE DOJ PUSHNY Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at Manhattan Federal Courthouse on February 14, 2025 in New York City.
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District Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled that the "plaintiffs’ claims related to access by DOGE-affiliated employees to sensitive Treasury information are dismissed as moot," according to Wednesday’s order.Vargas said the Treasury DOGE team had been disbanded and no DOGE employees remained at Treasury, leaving no access practice for the court to enjoin.She separately dismissed the states’ claims over an automated payment-review system, finding they had not alleged that the process froze or canceled any specific federal payment due to them.The states argued the Trump administration unlawfully opened sensitive Treasury systems to DOGE, putting state financial information and federal payments at risk and exceeding the administration’s legal authority.EXCLUSIVE: INSIDE THE SECRETIVE MINE DOGE HELPED DRAG OUT OF A DECADES-OLD BUREAUCRATIC BLACK HOLEPresident Donald Trump In February 2025, Vargas granted the states a...