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Jamie Raskin Threatens Class-Action Lawsuit of All Americans Against Trump Administration and Elon Musk Over Alleged Data Breach
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 2/10/2024 | jim hoft

Posted on 02/10/2025 6:26:53 AM PST by bitt

In yet another desperate attempt to keep Donald Trump and his allies under legal fire, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is now threatening a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Elon Musk over an alleged “data breach.”

Raskin claims that the Trump White House mishandled government data and that Musk’s newly created U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) played a role in the so-called security failure.

Appearing on “The Weekend” with Michael, Raskin floated the idea that Musk’s team of “Midnight fascist teenagers” somehow managed to access every American’s computer data.

His so-called legal argument hinges on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, a Reagan-era statute meant to prevent hacking.

According to Raskin, this law gives individual citizens the right to sue if their personal data has been compromised.

His master plan? A class-action lawsuit on behalf of every single American citizen against Trump, Musk, and DOGE.

Michael: Welcome, Congressman. I’m loving this theory—it’s very interesting. Explain to us how citizens can sue Elon Musk and Doge, and how 18 U.S. Code § 1030 can be applied.

Raskin: So, the first thing to understand, Michael, is we are winning in the courts, and people need to understand that. Judge Giacob, in the District Court in the District of Columbia, just halted their efforts to out thousands—I think 6,000—FBI agents across the country for their involvement in prosecuting January 6th. Judge Kholar-Kotelly shut down the raid on the Treasury Department. So, the courts are doing their job.

I’ve been at rallies all week because a rally a day keeps the fascists away. But it was bugging me that these guys—Elon Musk’s midnight fascist crew of teenagers and twenty-somethings—have been able to access everybody’s computer data in the country. That’s why a lot of the courts are getting involved. But it was killing me because I wanted to spend some time with the statutes.

So, this weekend, I’ve been looking into the statutes, and one of them, which is becoming contested now, is called the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. It was actually pushed by Ronald Reagan, who, at Camp David, had seen the movie WarGames and got very concerned about the security of government computers. He, with Congress, pushed for a statute to make it a crime to, on an unauthorized basis, obtain other people’s information and then distribute it.

There have been tons of criminal prosecutions under that. But if you read the statute, there’s also a private right of action. If you are a citizen—and you can integrate this with taxpayer privacy data statutes—if you are a citizen whose private data has been compromised through a breach of government computers, you can actually sue for damages.

What I’m thinking about—and talking to my friends at Democracy Defenders and other lawyers about—is: could there be a nationwide class action lawsuit to follow up on last week’s victory against Musk? Against the Trump administration for this breach in computer security and the data of all American taxpayers? It could be a class action suit on behalf of all Americans.

If the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers want to opt out and they don’t want their part of the money for the contamination of their data—fine, they can opt out. But really, it’s a suit on behalf of everybody because that’s our information. It doesn’t belong to Elon Musk or his little midnight crew. It belongs to the people, and the government has to hold it in trust.

Now, there are specific statutes which say that information can only be accessed for tax purposes—for the purposes of the Internal Revenue System—and for no other purposes. What are they using that information for?

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KEYWORDS: classaction; classactionlawsuit; databreach; dd; democracydefenders; giacob; jamieraskin; kholarkotelly; lawfare; racketeering; raskin
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1 posted on 02/10/2025 6:26:53 AM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 02/10/2025 6:27:06 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

Is he blaming DOGE for the psn failure?


3 posted on 02/10/2025 6:28:26 AM PST by Skywise
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To: bitt

Elon Musk is stealing from our bank accounts sure Jamie you politicians have spent trillions beyond our means there is the real theft.


4 posted on 02/10/2025 6:28:58 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: bitt

Does this mean I can sue the NSA?

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5 posted on 02/10/2025 6:29:19 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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To: bitt

Given how much information Facebook and other social media has been allowed to collect on us over the years, this seems very, very disingenuous.


6 posted on 02/10/2025 6:29:40 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: bitt

“those who complain the loudest about budget cuts make it easier to follow the money” L.Star


7 posted on 02/10/2025 6:30:08 AM PST by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: bitt

“No standing”

LOL


8 posted on 02/10/2025 6:31:21 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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Musk’s team of “Midnight fascist teenagers”

He's talking about a group of 19-to 25-year-old kids. Demonizing brilliant young kids who are performing an amazing public service. Has he no shame?

9 posted on 02/10/2025 6:32:14 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: bitt

Nope, not me, do not sue on behalf of all.


10 posted on 02/10/2025 6:32:50 AM PST by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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To: bitt

This jerk might be the stupidest “constitutional law professor” that ever was. And he’s a member of my state’s congressional delegation.


11 posted on 02/10/2025 6:32:53 AM PST by jimfree (My 22 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: bitt

You know you’re directly above the target when...


12 posted on 02/10/2025 6:33:15 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: bitt

Man, they are fighting exposure. They try to cast DOGE as a bad thing when they are simply exposing fraud.


13 posted on 02/10/2025 6:33:31 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: bitt

Ratskin complains about fascists.

I don’t think he knows what the word means.


14 posted on 02/10/2025 6:33:33 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Burma Shave)
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To: bitt

He doesn’t have standing.


15 posted on 02/10/2025 6:33:46 AM PST by null and void (I hoped it was the Bee but it’s California.)
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To: bitt

How about a class action lawsuit against the US Government for stealing out tax dollars?


16 posted on 02/10/2025 6:36:18 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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17 posted on 02/10/2025 6:36:26 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: bitt

Asskissin is just like the rest of the Demoncrats ... would rather see this Republic crash than give up their dream of a totalitarian state


18 posted on 02/10/2025 6:36:29 AM PST by antidemoncrat ( )
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To: bitt

If they are suing on my behalf, they are violating my rights as an individual. I will contact the scumbag’s office and DEMAND to be excluded from this frivolous lawsuit. I want proof of said exclusion.


19 posted on 02/10/2025 6:37:54 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: bitt

Of course he is worried about data being released.


20 posted on 02/10/2025 6:38:44 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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