Elon Musk appears poised to defy a judicial order, according to observers.
Musk, the richest man in the world and an appointee of Donald Trump, was dealt a blow over the weekend when a judge reportedly blocked Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing personal financial data from the Treasury Department, which resulted in a MAGA meltdown.
Musk wasn't too happy about the ruling, saying, "Corrupt judges protecting corruption."
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Trump legal ally Mike Davis said, "These DC uniparty judges are shockingly insulated from Real Americans in Real America."
"They are arrogant and delusional enough to believe they are saving America from Trump," the lawyer added. "Even though Trump campaigned on doing precisely what he’s doing. And won a decisive electoral mandate."
GOP Senator Mike Lee said, "This has the feel of a coup—not a military coup, but a judicial one." Musk reposted that comment Saturday evening, writing simply, "Yes."
In a separate post, Musk shared a statement from someone suggesting various reasons for defying court orders. That comment stated, "I don’t like the precedent it sets when you defy a judicial ruling, but I’m just wondering what other options are these judges leaving us…”
Legal analyst Anna Bower weighed in after that, saying, "After a judge blocked DOGE access to Treasury data, Elon Musk just reposted a user who implied that the order should be defied."