DOJ Discloses DOGE Members Signed Voter Data Agreement
doj court filing says two doge members at the social security administration may have signed an agreement to match ssns to voter rolls.
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Overview
Justice Department Civil Division official Elizabeth Shapiro filed a Jan. 16, 2026 court filing saying two members of the Department of Government Efficiency assigned to the Social Security Administration were contacted by a political advocacy group in March 2025 and that one DOGE member, acting as an SSA employee, signed and sent a "Voter Data Agreement" to the group on March 24, 2025, and that SSA referred both employees to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel for potential Hatch Act violations in December 2025, according to the filing.
The disclosure appears in a corrective filing that revises a March 2025 SSA declaration and follows a 2025 federal court order that barred DOGE team members from accessing SSA systems containing Social Security numbers, medical records, drivers' license numbers, tax information and other personal data after an SSA whistleblower alleged DOGE uploaded hundreds of millions of Social Security records to an unapproved third‑party Cloudflare server, according to court documents and earlier filings.
Elizabeth Shapiro wrote that "SSA and the undersigned counsel will continue to ensure that the record and representations made to this Court are accurate," SSA referred the two employees to the Office of Special Counsel for possible Hatch Act violations, and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment, the filing states.
The filing says emails "suggest that DOGE Team members could have been asked to assist the advocacy group by accessing SSA data to match to the voter rolls," while also stating that "SSA has not yet seen evidence that SSA data were shared with the advocacy group," and the matters involve two DOGE employees and alleged uploads of "hundreds of millions" of Social Security records, according to court documents and an SSA whistleblower.
SSA said it first learned of the Voter Data Agreement during an agency review in November 2025, that its review of the SSA DOGE Team's actions is ongoing, and that the Office of Special Counsel will review the Hatch Act referrals with no timeline specified, the Jan. 16, 2026 filing states.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the story as a potential abuse of government data by emphasizing allegations, legal actions, and sensitive data types while foregrounding DOJ court filings and a whistleblower claim. Editorial choices—ordering evidence, highlighting voter-fraud motives, and omitting statements from DOGE members or the advocacy group—produce a narrative of institutional risk and misconduct.