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Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/20/trump-musk-doge-social-security-00737245
26•mdhb•1h ago

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mdhb•1h ago
Because the headline underplays it quite a bit the actual story here is that the Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results.
bediger4000•1h ago
Wow this is bad. Will there be any accountability?
JumpCrisscross•1h ago
> Will there be any accountability?

FTA: "SSA referred both DOGE employees for potential violations of the Hatch Act."

Probably nothing under this administration. But there is a paper trail–now cited in public–for folks in the future to pursue.

In the meantime, I'm curious what civil damages they may be liable for.

montroser•1h ago
> Shapiro also revealed that despite prior assertions in court, SSA’s DOGE team members “were using links to share data through the third-party server ‘Cloudflare.’”

Wreckless incompetence at the highest levels of government.

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2•perihelions•16m ago•1 comments

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