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Democrats call for investigation into Musk access of Treasury payment systems

Two Senate Democratic members called on Tuesday to investigate access to the Ministry of Finance's payment system.

“We are the government's explanation bureau (GAO), and the” government efficiency “employees, which are unprecedented to the federal government's payment system on January 31, 2025, are Elon Musk and other” Government Efficiency Bureau. I wrote it to ask an investigation of a report indicating that it was recognized by the employees. A Letter Ron Wyden Seens (D-ORE.) And Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Responsibility Bureau (GAO) Headage Daro is read.

“These reports are very troublesome. These important systems process $ trillions of transactions every year and include delicate personal information and financial information for tens of millions of Americans. Masu, “Widen and Warren continued.

David Levrick, the Ministry of Finance non -political staff, retired last week.

LeBryk's retirement was a clash on the demands of masks for accessing the payment system used by the Ministry of Finance officials to pay for funding.

Warren also sent a letter to Mr. Scott Bessentation on Monday, grasping the access that the mask was given to the federal government's payment system, protecting American private data, and introduced to prevent abuse. I urged it to do.

“In addition, the access provided to Mr. Musk and his team has an important privacy impact on millions of Americans,” said Oregon and Massachusetts Democrats. “Financial payment systems include” Sensitive Personal Information on Millions of Americans who have received social security checks, tax refunds, and other payments from the federal government. ” It is not clear why these individuals allowed such free access to data.

The hill reached out to the White House and the Ministry of Finance for comments.

“You can confirm that GAO has received the request of Congress from Senator Warren and Senator Widen. GAO has a process to judge whether we are working. It can take several weeks. “

Updated at 4:20 pm of EST

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