U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan declined to issue a restraining order against Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency on Friday, saying the request brought by over a dozen states was overly broad.
The temporary restraining order on Musk and DOGE was requested by the 14 states that filed a lawsuit against the entity and its billionaire head on Thursday. The states requested Musk and DOGE be immediately blocked from making any changes at any federal agencies. Chutkan, who is a familiar villain in Trumpworld after overseeing the election interference case against the president, said the states failed to show that they would be harmed in the absence of restrictions on Musk.
