Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA.) chased tech billionaire Elon Musk over reports that his government efficiency (DOGE) was trying to access the IRS system.
“I want to save billions of your money and make our government more efficient. To ring your personal s—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- – Always,” Fetterman said Monday. Post to social platform x.
His post featured a screenshot of the headline for Politico From the report About Doge's attempts to access the IRS' Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS). White House officials confirmed with Politico about Doge's IDRS access efforts.
Doge, led by Musk, has launched an IRS and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X account. On Monday, Musk reposted messages from both accounts.
Officers Ron Wyden (d-ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (d-mass.) wrote to IRS Chairman Douglas O'Donnell on Monday to request information regarding Doge's access to IDR and violated privacy. He said he was worried about the possibility.
“Massachusetts and Oregon Democrats said, “There are no executive orders requiring agency managers to provide access to IRS records or information technology systems,” said Democrats in Massachusetts and Oregon.
“Software engineers who work for masks trying to access tax returns are not entitled to hoover taxpayer data and send that data back to other parts of the federal government, and if they do so, It could be that they are breaking the law,” they added. .
Oka reached out to the IRS and the White House for comments.
