Day 20
February 8, 2025
4 documented events
- 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.
From: CFPB Dismantlement While Musk Launches Competing XMoney Payment Service
- Serious Rights Violation Federal Dismantlement
DOGE Shuts Down Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: 'CFPB RIP'
Elon Musk's DOGE shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on February 8, 2025. Acting Director Russell Vought ordered all 1,700 employees to stop work. DOGE deleted the agency's social media accounts. Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the dismantlement halted and workers reinstated, but the DC Circuit later lifted her order.
From: DOGE Shuts Down Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: 'CFPB RIP'
- 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.
From: DOGE Unauthorized Access to Treasury, OPM, and Social Security Databases
- 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.
From: DOGE Associates Gained Access to $6 Trillion Treasury Payment System