The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to limit Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the Treasury Department's federal payment system.

Department of Justice lawyers proposed on Wednesday night temporarily restricting the Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive Treasury payment system information. Why it matters: The proposed order that would limit to two Treasury Department employees affiliated with DOGE "read only" access to the data comes in response to a lawsuit that seeks to block DOGE's access to sensitive data.

Staffers and employees working for the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, have been temporarily barred from accessing data in the Treasury Department's payment system by the Department of Justice.