DOGE Employees May Have Improperly Accessed Social Security Data, DOJ Says

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DOGE employees may have improperly accessed social security data, DOJ says
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It's unclear what the "voter agreement" entailed.
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Lambert here: “May have” seems excessively cautious.

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At least two DOGE employees, the filing reveals, were in touch with a political advocacy group that asked them to analyze data from state voter rolls as part of its effort to overturn election results.

One of the employees signed a “Voter Data Agreement” with the group, according to the filing. It’s unclear what the agreement entailed.

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Lambert here: How is this allowed to be “unclear”? Can’t we get the DOGEbag to disgorge it?

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There was no indication that either employee shared social security data with the group, the filing said.

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Lambert here: But there wouldn’t be. “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence,” as the late, great Donald Rumsfeld once said.

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The Social Security Administration referred both employees for potential Hatch Act violations, per the filing.

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Lambert here: It would be nice to have those referrals. Where are they?

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