Why privacy laws are the tip of the legal spear against Musk and Trump
- Posted on February 7, 2025
- By CNN
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Why privacy laws are the tip of the legal spear against Musk and Trump
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What access Elon Musk has to closely-guarded government data – including sensitive information it has collected about and from the American public – is a key battlefront in the ongoing and quickly-moving legal war over how President Donald Trump has sought to drastically transform the federal bureaucracy.