Judge Refuses to Drop Lawsuit Over Musk Role as Trump Adviser

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a memo Monday tossing out a dismissal request from the federal government, stating the claims that Musk and other DOGE leaders unlawfully assumed an expansive role in the federal government can play out in court.

The plaintiffs, a group of nonprofit organizations, “amply allege that the head of DOGE himself makes decisions and issues directives on matters as weighty as the termination of federal grants, contracts and workers,” Chutkan wrote.

The nonprofits’ case was consolidated with a similar suit brought by a group of 14 states last year.

Lambert here: “Advisor” my Sweet Aunt Fanny. That presumes the outcome of the case!