DOGE access to personal data is legal, DOJ argues

The Department of Justice argued to an appellate court on Monday that the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to data stored within a trio of federal agencies should not be scrutinized by the courts.

DOJ attorney Jack Starcher told a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that it should toss out a lower court’s injunction against DOGE because its access to personal data across the various agencies aligned with the Privacy Act.