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DOGE faces immediate lawsuits

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21.01.2025
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Trump's DOGE slapped with lawsuits on first day in office

Within moments of President Trump being sworn in, his new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) was hit with multiple lawsuits before his ceremony concluded.

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The three lawsuits, filed in D.C.’s federal district court, alleges DOGE doesn’t comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

The challenges seek to block DOGE from coordinating with the new administration, as they have pledged ambitious plans to cut $2 trillion in government spending and restructure federal agencies.

The cases were led by progressive consumer watchdog Public Citizen, the American Public Health Association and National Security Counselors, a public interest law firm.

The plaintiffs claim DOGE is covered by FACA, which mandates federal advisory committees meet transparency requirements like having a charter, fairly balanced membership and a designated federal officer to call meetings.

“DOGE’s stacked membership, far from being fairly balanced, reveals that only one viewpoint is represented: that of ‘small-government crusaders’ with backgrounds in either the tech industry or Republican politics,” the National Security Counselors’s lawsuit states.

“This shortcoming renders DOGE’s membership imbalanced and unfit for the function it has been directed to perform.”

The Hill's Zach Schonfeld has more here.

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