Kathy Jennings and other attorneys general sued to stop the Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive data in the U.S. Treasury.

A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing some Treasury Department information and ordered the destruction of data they’ve already gathered in response to a lawsuit from a group of states.

A federal judge, citing a risk of “irreparable harm,” early Saturday temporarily restricted Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system.

District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued the preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued Trump.

A federal judge in New York temporarily restricted the ability of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access the Treasury Department payment system, saying that doing so was necessary to prevent the potential disclosure of sensitive and confidential information.