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Treasury Secretary Bessent denies DOGE team is ‘tinkering’ with the payment system, says they have ‘read-only’ access

Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent has criticized “false information” about unauthorized access to payment systems by government accountable workers. Critics embraced the Trump administration after allegations emerged that government department-accountable workers were given access to view and edit payment information for millions of Americans. “They don't have the ability to change the system. I don't have […]