Day 20

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 alleged potential criminal conflict-of-interest violations.

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. A D.C. Circuit panel partially stayed and later vacated her injunction, but the full court reheard the case en banc and in June 2026 remanded it to her while retaining jurisdiction.

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

Federal judge blocks DOGE access to Treasury systems

US District Judge Paul Engelmayer issues a temporary restraining order blocking DOGE from accessing Treasury Department payment systems, citing a risk of 'irreparable harm.' 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