American Treasury starts to abolish fear from Elon Musk by taking over the payment system
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The American Treasury sought to calm the fears for approaching Elon Musk to her large payment system, insisting that the transactions were not canceled, despite the request of the billionaire to “exclude” remittances.
“A constant overview of the treasury system does not result in a suspension or rejection of any payment instructions. . . By other federal agencies across the Government, ”Jonathan Blum, the main deputy assistant secretary, wrote on Tuesday members of the Congress.
Blum said that the cashier’s staff members who worked with the delegates from the so-called Ministry of the Musk (Doge) received limited, “reading only”, which pays trillions of dollars every year, including social security payments.
The letter comes after Muskwhose team installed in the treasury, Vestate during the weekend Unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars of government branches.
He claimed on his website of the Social Media X that his team stopped “illegal payments”, apparently related to the list of federal support for Lutheran organizations published on the network.
The richest man in the world, who helped bankrupt the campaign for the re -selection of Donald Trump, had previously justified his access to the system, claiming that his team had discovered “that they were a payment authorization officers. . . They have always been given instructions to approve payments, even well -known false or terrorist groups. ”
Ron Wyden, the highest ranked Democrat in the Senate Committee on Finance, wrote to the newly installed Minister of the Scottu Bessent Treasury seeking answers about Musk’s approach, saying: “I can’t remember no good reason why political operators who have shown miserable disrespect for disrespect needed access to these sensitive, critical systems. “
In his reply on Tuesday, Blum said that the “review” of the payment was made by the CLOUD S
Krause “carried out this effort in coordination with the veteran career treasury officials, and all operational processes continue to carry out only career treasury staff in accordance with all standard safety, safety and privacy standards,” Blum added.
In response, Wyden said Trump and Treasury tried to “diminish the risks while Elon Musk took advantage of power” and claims “nothing they say is not probably or reliable.”
“The American people can see what is happening, and the Secretary Bessent asks them not to believe what is playing in front of their eyes,” Wyden added.
Don Hammond, a former longtime treasure official, said that although he was not aware of the precise nature of the approach assigned to the Doge team, “an irregular approach could affect the integrity of the payment and sensitive information.”
Hammond said that a “non-federal employee would not have responsibility” for the actions they took when they were in charge of the payment system. But Hammond added that “the views in the letter if they are correct and reflect the past practice.”
Additional reporting James politics in Washington, Hannah Murphy in San Francisco and Stephen Foley in New York
