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Judge slams Social Security chief for agency shutdown 'threats' after ruling barring DOGE access

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A federal judge reprimanded Social Security Administration acting commissioner Lee Dudek on Friday for "making threats about shutting down operations" at the agency.

Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander responded in two letters to counsel, hours apart, to claims that Dudek made in various media interviews that a temporary restraining order barring Department of Government Efficiency affiliates from accessing certain data "applies to almost all SSA employees" Dudek reversed his stance late Friday , adding that he had received clarifying guidance from the court.

Union leaders say Dudek 's leadership has been the "darkest in Social Security's nearly 90 year history" He has apologized for having made mistakes and promised to learn from them.

Tensions surrounding changes at the Social Security Administration have prompted a war of words between Democrats and Republicans in Congress .

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith says Democrats are "scaremongering to score political points".

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