AG Aaron M. Frey Joins Multistate Lawsuit Against Trump’s Attack on Americans.

An Anti-Musk Sign at Monument Square Portland.

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey today joined a coalition of 19 attorney’s general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop the unauthorized disclosure of Americans’ private information and sensitive data.

The lawsuit asserts that the Trump administration illegally provided Elon Musk and the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency,” (DOGE) unauthorized access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system and therefore to Americans’ most sensitive personal information, including bank account details and Social Security numbers.  This expanded access could allow Musk and his team to block federal funds to states and programs providing health care, childcare and other critical services.  With this lawsuit, the coalition of attorneys general is seeking to stop the Trump adminstration’s new policy that illegally grants DOGE, Musk and others access to American’s confidential information and the US Treasury’s payment systems.

“In violation of clearly established law, President Trump has granted Elon Musk and an unknown group of associates a green light to blow through statutory confidential protections for personal identifying information held by the federal government,” said Frey.  “This unlawfl access to confidential information by an unelected billionaire and his anonymoous team has not only raised significant concern and anxiety by those whose information may be compromised, but it also is just another demonstration of the complete disregard for the rule of law by this presidential administration – and we are not even through week three.”

For more background information on this lawsuit, please visit post herein dated February 6, 2025.