The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems.
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President Donald Trump named [David] Lebryk as acting secretary upon taking office last week. Lebryk had a dispute with Musk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the U.S. government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year.
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When Scott Bessent was confirmed as treasury secretary on Monday, Lebryk ceased to be the acting agency head.
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Officials affiliated with Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” have been asking since after the election for access to the system [...] — requests that were reiterated more recently, including after Trump’s inauguration.
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Run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide. Tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people across the country rely on the systems, which are responsible for distributing Social Security and Medicare benefits, salaries for federal personnel, payments to government contractors and grant recipients and tax refunds, among tens of thousands of other functions.
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Musk has sought to exert sweeping control over the inner workings of the U.S. government, installing longtime surrogates at several agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, which essentially handles federal human resources, and the General Services Administration, which manages real estate.
WaPo
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE 10:39 am:
I have zero faith in Dems.
UPDATE 08:06 pm: I was not making a joke about robbing the Treasury. I just didn't realize it would be this quick and in this way.
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