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Ellen Jennings-Trace

DOGE might have misused Social Security data, Trump administration admits

Elon Musk joins U.S. President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. .
  • DOGE employees may have made a deal with an advocacy group that looked to 'overturn election results in certain states'
  • The employees have been referred for potential violations of the Hatch Act
  • Private information could have been shared through unapproved 'third party' servers

The US Department of Justice has confirmed in a court filing that members of Elon Musk’s "DOGE" were ‘secretly’ in contact with an advocacy group seeking to ‘overturn election results in certain states’ - and one such member went as far as to sign an agreement which may have ‘involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls.’

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