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WASHINGTON — A Department of Government Efficiency employee shared social security data without the knowledge of agency officials and violated security protocols, according to a Tuesday Department of Justice court filing.
Democratic lawmakers and pro-democracy advocates are intensifying scrutiny of the coordination between the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and an advocacy group looking to overturn election results, disclosed in a recent Trump administration court filing.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for a bipartisan government funding package, which includes $10.45 million for community projects in the First Congressional District, defeats the Trump Administration’s plan to eliminate the Department of Education, restores 'DOGE' cuts to lifesaving medical research, and supports new investments in affordable housing.
A Connecticut Democratic congressman has failed to get Republican support for the U.S. House to hold the Trump Administration accountable for the improper sharing of sensitive Social Security information.
In a court filing last week, the U.S. Justice Department acknowledged that DOGE had signed a secret agreement to share people’s social security information with an unidentified political advocacy group.
Two Democratic congressmen are calling for a criminal investigation into the entity known as the Department of Government Efficiency after the Trump administration admitted in court filings that the organization shared Social Security data on an unauthorized private server.
The Social Security Administration said in a Jan. 16 court filing that “DOGE” employees tried to hand over sensitive personal records to an unnamed advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results” and sent confidential information on about 1,000 Americans to Elon Musk’s workers.
A Department of Government Efficiency employee shared Social Security data without agency officials’ knowledge and in violation of security protocols, the Justice Department said in a court filing Tuesday.
The Social Security Administration is still unable to determine what information was shared through a third-party server that’s not approved to store agency records or whether that data still exists on the server, according to the filing.
Advocates and Democratic members of Congress are calling for a criminal investigation after a court filing revealed that operatives at the Department of Government Efficiency—previously headed by Elon Musk—pilfered and leaked Social Security data through a non-secure private server.