A government watchdog’s argument for why a court should order the Department of Government Efficiency to collect and preserve its records “does not stick the landing,” a federal judge said Tuesday.
Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to issue a preliminary injunction against DOGE, saying the Project on Government Oversight had failed to show it faced irreparable harm if the court did not intervene quickly.
DOGE is already required to preserve the records under court orders in March and April from separate litigation, said Boasberg, an Obama pick.
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“Plaintiff’s fear of document destruction has been allayed several times over,” Boasberg said in a brief memorandum opinion.
