WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk led a conservative chorus criticizing a federal judge who for now has restricted the ability of Musk allies to access the Treasury Department payment system,

The lawsuit alleged the breach of sensitive Treasury Department data "poses huge cybersecurity risks" and violates multiple federal laws.

President Trump rebuked a federal judge’s decision that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties” from