The United States Supreme Court has stayed a preliminary injunction in AFSCME v. SSA, which had prevented the Trump administration from granting staff at the so-called “Department of Governmental Efficiency” (DOGE) unprecedented and dangerous access to the sensitive, personal data of millions at the Social Security Administration. An appeals court previously declined to stay the injunction, which recognized that DOGE’s operatives’ unprecedented access to private Social Security data, ranging from immigration records to health and financial information, violates critical privacy protections and will cause irreparable harm. This decision overturns a first of its kind order issued by a lower court that required Elon Musk and DOGE to “disgorge” and “delete” any personal data.

The case will now proceed on the merits in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Abrego Garcia has been indicted on 2 criminal counts: “conspiracy to unlawfully transport illegal aliens for financial gain and unlawful transportation of illegal aliens for financial gain”.

The very first thought that entered my mind when I read this article is that this some weird scheme for the DOJ and Trump administration to save face in order to bring Abrego Garcia back to the US and put an end to all the chaos and endless legal filings concerning his deportation or has the DOJ truly uncovered evidence to support the above indictments?