Musk’s team given access to US government payment system, New York Times says

Musk's Team Given Access To Us Government Payment System, New York Times Says

Elon Musk, with his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks as President-elect Donald Trump listens at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 19, in Washington, D.C. AP-Yonhap

Elon Musk, together with his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks as President-elect Donald Trump listens at a rally forward of the sixtieth Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 19, in Washington, D.C. AP-Yonhap

Billionaire Elon Musk and his authorities effectivity staff have been given entry to the U.S. Treasury Division’s fee system, resolving a days-long standoff, the New York Instances reported on Saturday.

Musk, who chairs the newly-created Division of Authorities Effectivity, has been tasked by President Donald Trump to establish fraud and waste within the authorities and had sought entry to the system Treasury makes use of to dole out federal funds.

His efforts had been resisted by a profession Treasury official, David Lebryk, who was positioned on go away this week after which retired. On Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Musk’s staff entry, the Instances reported.

The system sends out greater than $6 trillion per yr in funds on behalf of federal businesses and comprises the private data of hundreds of thousands of Individuals who obtain Social Safety funds, tax refunds and different monies from the federal government.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat, appeared to verify that Musk’s staff has entry in a put up on the social community Bluesky.

“Sources inform my workplace that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* entry to this technique. Social Safety and Medicare advantages, grants, funds to authorities contractors, together with people who compete straight with Musk’s personal corporations. All of it,” Wyden, the highest Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, posted on Saturday.

In a letter to Bessent on Friday, Wyden raised considerations that any “politically-motivated meddling“ within the fee system „dangers extreme harm to our nation and the economic system.”

The Division of Authorities Effectivity shouldn’t be a federal division however a unit assembled at Trump’s order figuring out of the White Home.

In a put up on X on Saturday, Musk claimed with out offering proof that officers on the Treasury Division had been instructed to approve funds to “identified fraudulent or terrorist teams.” (Reuters)

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