DoGE staffers accessed Social Security data a court had blocked and moved it to unauthorized servers, the DOJ revealed in a Maryland filing.

DoGE staffers accessed Social Security data a court had blocked and moved it to unauthorized servers, the DOJ revealed in a Maryland filing. The White House once battled for that very data to hunt fraud. Two agents reached out to a partisan group digging into voter rolls and signed a “Voter Data Agreement,” though the filing says no SS data was shared. SSA claims its earlier statements were mostly accurate but can’t verify what stays on those servers. The episode spotlights privacy, legality and political pressure. Dive deeper: https://www.axios.com/2026/01/20/doge-employees-social-security-information-court-filing #DOGE #SocialSecurity #HatchAct #DataPrivacy #ElectionIntegrity #PoliticalScandal