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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird defends Elon Musk and DOGE authority

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Giving us the bird again. Utterly deplorable:



Iowa Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading 19 other states in defending the Trump administration against a lawsuit challenging the authority of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team to access sensitive government data.
Bird — a staunch ally of the Republican president and Musk’s efforts to ferret out government waste, fraud and abuse — filed an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” brief urging a New York federal court to deny a request by other states to block Musk and his team from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.
“America voted for President Trump to clean up Washington and cut federal waste,” Bird said in a statement. “But while President Trump fights to deliver on his promises for the American people, his political opponents are weaponizing lawsuits to stand in the way.

 
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