New York State Attorney General Letitia James took a social media victory lap on Friday boasting that her coalition of Democrat AGs have stopped the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive Treasury Department information.

“We just won a court order stopping DOGE and unauthorized, unelected, and unvetted individuals like Elon Musk from accessing people’s private data and blocking federal funds. We will keep fighting to protect all Americans from this administration’s destruction,” James posted on X Friday evening.

Earlier on Friday, U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas extended a ban first put in place by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer that banned the DOGE team from stopping payments made through Treasury Department systems. Vargas did note in her preliminary injunction ruling that the plaintiffs had “not demonstrated that they are entitled to the broad and sweeping relief they seek, which would far exceed the scope of the present TRO (Temporary restraining order).”

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