Treasury says Elon Musk’s DOGE has “read only” access to payment systems
Elon Musk’s Government efficiency department The Ministry of Finance said in a letter from Congress on Tuesday evening that it had obtained the “only” access permission to the Federal Payment system of the Ministry of Finance, and federal expenditure had not been affected.
A letter from the Ministry of Finance official Jonathan Blum said that the review of the financial service payment system for the Ministry of Finance did not cause “payment of obligations such as delay or re -extending social security and medical insurance.”
The letter wrote: “The Ministry of Finance does not have a higher obligation than representing the financial management of the government’s government, and its payment system is very important to this process.”
The letter said that Tom Krause is a technical director. He is a member of the Governor of Musk and is reviewing the payment system.
The letter wrote: “Mr. Claus is a long -term technical director. He has a great benefit to this review of decades of experience in construction companies and management asset liabilities as chief financial officers.” “To allow him to allow him With this function, the federal government has hired him as an expert/consultant and designated as a commonly used role in the government (“Special Government Employees” (applicable laws).
Democratic Party legislators expressed their attention that access to the system can allow DOGE (nearly 90 % of federal payment payment to limit the expenditure of federal funds.
Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Ranking of the Senate Banking Committee, said Bluum’s letter raised more questions than answers.
Walren said in a statement: “It asserts that a group of personnel of the Ministry of Finance only read ‘interviews’, but did not answer questions about non -financial employees, such as those in Elon Musk and Avenue ( Elon Musk employee. “
The Ministry of Finance’s letter was responded Democrats’ phone number on the Senate Banking Committeeincluding Warren and Senator Ron Wyden, for the Government Accountability Office “investigating Secretary of State Scott Bessent’s decision to Elon Musk ( Elon Musk and other “Ministry of Government Efficiency” employees grant access to sensitive government payment systems.
DOGE is not a government department, but a Work team Mr. Trump was established to find ways to reduce federal expenditure.
