DOGE Workers Allegedly Shared Social Security Data to Help Overturn Election Results, Court Docs Say

Two government workers linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE team may have handed sensitive Social Security data to a political group aiming to overturn election results, according to court filings.

Court documents cited by Politico allege that two members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accessed and shared Social Security numbers with an unnamed advocacy group to help “overturn election results in certain States.”

Elizabeth Shapiro, a Justice Department official, wrote in court filings: “The advocacy group’s stated aim was to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain States.”

A DOGE member signed a “Voter Data Agreement” with the advocacy group, potentially violating a court order that blocked DOGE’s access to Social Security Administration (SSA) systems containing SSNs, medical records, and tax data.

The SSA referred the two DOGE employees for potential Hatch Act violations, which prohibit federal workers from using their positions for political activities.

A separate whistleblower alleged that DOGE uploaded hundreds of millions of Social Security records to a vulnerable cloud server.

This claim, however, is not included in the court documents. The court filings describe unconfirmed details, including whether data was ultimately shared and whether other SSA employees were aware of the actions.