WGTC reports:
Attorney General William Tong has announced that Connecticut is joining several other states in filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s administration and the overreach of his Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.
Tong is one of 19 Democratic attorneys general who have sued Trump in an effort to block Musk from accessing the systems of the Treasury Department that contain the sensitive data of millions of Americans, including social security and bank account numbers. Speaking of the lawsuit — which is also against the Trump-nominated Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent — in a TikTok video, Tong said Musk’s access to the systems is “utterly unlawful” and “unconstitutional.”
“It represents the largest data breach in American history,” the attorney general added, before concluding that “we’re fighting back.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York City, claims that the Trump administration violated federal law by allowing Musk and his DOGE team of young techies to access the Treasury’s payment system, which includes sensitive data and is responsible for disbursing trillions of dollars and government payments every year, from tax refunds to veterans’ benefits.
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