A coalition of more than a dozen U.S. states say they are planning to file a lawsuit in an effort to block billionaire Elon Musk’s team of cost-cutters from accessing sensitive federal government payment systems containing personal data on Americans.

Democratic attorneys general in several states are vowing to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information.

Department of Justice lawyers proposed on Wednesday night temporarily restricting the Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive Treasury payment system information. Why it matters: The proposed order that would limit to two Treasury Department employees affiliated with DOGE "read only" access to the data comes in response to a lawsuit that seeks to block DOGE's access to sensitive data.