SSA admits DOGE had more access than first said

"Even worse than that, the DOJ noted in its filing, email evidence shows that a pair of DOGE employees at SSA were approached by a political advocacy group asking them to help the group find evidence of voter fraud in a bid to overturn state-level elections. One of the DOGE employees even signed a "voter data agreement," the contents of which weren't explained in the filing, with the unnamed group."

""DOGE Team members could have been asked to assist the advocacy group by accessing SSA data to match to the voter rolls," the filing states, "but SSA has not yet seen evidence that SSA data were shared with the advocacy group." The activity of those two DOGE members led to referrals to the US Office of Special Counsel over potential Hatch Act issues, a 1939 law that restricts certain political activities by federal civil service employees."

SSA acknowledged it slightly underreported unauthorized access and improper activities by the Elon Musk-led DOGE team within agency systems. The Department of Justice filed a court correction amending earlier SSA claims and stated DOGE retained certain SSA system access after a court-limited restraining order; SSA data were routed outside the agency via encrypted files and third-party sharing tools. Email evidence indicates two DOGE employees were approached by a political advocacy group seeking help to find voter-fraud evidence, and one employee signed a "voter data agreement" that was not reviewed or approved by SSA data-exchange procedures. The activities prompted Hatch Act referrals and Special Counsel review.

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