The U.S. Treasury’s concerns about Elon Musk’s concern to take over the payment system
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The U.S. Treasury tried to make people afraid of the use rate of Elon Musk to get its huge payment system, and insisted that although Billionaire claimed that it was “quickly close”, the transaction had not been canceled.
“The continuous review of the Ministry of Finance’s system will not cause any payment instructions to suspend or refuse to submit.. Deputy Minister Jonathan Blum wrote to Congress on Tuesday.
Bloom said that the Ministry of Finance personnel who cooperated with Musk’s so -called government efficiency (DOGE) had limited visits to the system’s “read -only”, with tens of trillions of dollars per year, including social security payment.
This letter was after Musk’s arrangement of Musk in the Ministry of Finance, and vowed to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars of government donations on the weekend.
He claimed on his social media website X that his team was stopping “illegal payment”, apparently refers to a list of federal gifts organized by the Luther Church on the Internet.
The richest person in the world funded Donald Trump’s re -election campaign. He earned that his team had discovered “payment approval officials”, which proved his opportunity to the system. Essence Essence It is instructed to approve payment, even known fraud or terrorist organizations. ”
Ron Wyden, the highest ranking of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote a letter to the newly installed financial minister Scott Besses requested the answer to Musk’s visits. He said, “I said,” I Can’t think of sufficient reasons, why the blatant political operators show public political operators that they do not agree.
Bloom responded on Tuesday that Tom Krause, chief executive of Cloud Software Group, is “reviewing” the payment. He is a governor messenger and has become a “special government employee”.
Bloom added that Krause “coordinated this effort with senior professional financial officials, and all operating processes were carried out by the Ministry of Occupational Finance in accordance with all standards, security and privacy standards.”
In order to respond, Wyden said that Trump and the Ministry of Finance tried to “dilute the risk of Elon Musk’s power to seize power” and claimed that “they did not say anything credible or trustworthy.”
Vuitton added: “The American people can see what is happening, and Minister Bason is asking them not to believe what they are in front of them.”
Don Hammond, a former Ministry of Finance, said that although they did not know the exact nature of the access authority to grant the Doge team, “improper access may affect the payment integrity and sensitive data.”
Hammond said, “Non -federal employees are not responsible for the actions taken by the responsible payment system. But Hammond added:” If it is accurate, the form of representation in the letters is reasonable and indeed reflect the past practice. “
James Politi’s other reports in Washington, Hannah Murphy in San Francisco and Stephen Foley in New York in New York
