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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Why Musk's access to the Treasury payment system is so dangerous

Granting Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency access to the Treasury’s payment systems is “as dangerous as it gets,” critics have warned.

Last week President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly gave DOGE representatives - whom nobody elected or have little oversight - access to the internal federal payment system that disperses trillions of dollars each year, including Social Security and Medicare benefits, the New York Times first reported.

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