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Elon Musk pledged to cancel hundreds of government grants from millions of dollars after reaching the wide payment system in the United States, a move that led to the sudden resignation of one of the senior officials in the department.
The richest man in the world, who funded the Donald Trump campaign to re -elected and was assigned by the president to manage the government efficiency management to reduce costs, was on his social media website that he was “closed quickly. Illegal payments” after the publication of a list of grants For Luthera organizations on the Internet.
This threat came after it seemed that Musk confirms on Saturday that Dogs managed to reach the treasury system, which is dispersing trillion dollars every year, including social security payments.
He justified this step by demanding the discovery of his team, “Instructions were directed to the employees of approval to pay the treasury always by agreeing to payments, even for the well -known fraudulent or terrorist groups.”
The system has been operated by professional civil service employees, and the cabinet has already contains an internal team assigned to define fraudial payments. A source with knowledge of the situation said that DOGE representatives did not have the salad of cutting payments, just to read the data.
Senator Ron Wadeen, the highest democratic of the Senate Finance Committee, said his office had been told that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessin had given Dog “Kamel” access to the regime.
“Social Security, the advantages of medical care, grants, and payments for government contractors, including those competing directly with the Musk Private companies. All,” he said.
He wrote to Bessent answers to reach Musk, saying: “I cannot think of any good reason for the work of political operators who have shown a flagrant disregard for the law, who will need to reach these important and important systems.”
Musk's comments came after David Lieberk, who spent more than 36 years in the government and briefly managed the treasury while Bessent was waiting for confirmation, suddenly on Friday. Liberation was responsible for overseeing the operation of the administration's financial infrastructure.
It seems that the extent of the arrival of the payment system was placed by Musk on Sunday, which responded to the participation of X and which contains a spreading table showing the payments for a number of Lutheran charities.
Mike Flynn, the former National Security Adviser, was published in 2020, after he acknowledged that he was guilty of lying about his contacts with the Russians.
Flynn claimed that the screenshots showed, “There are many organizations that benefit from our hard -won money,” adding: “These entities receive huge sums, which raises dangerous questions about how taxpayers are spent spending and who benefits from them.”
Musk replied, “The Doge team quickly closes these illegal payments.” It is unclear whether the billionaire, who has not yet made an official role within the government, will have the legal authority to do so.
Musk, the US Treasury, Bessent spokesperson and DOGE spokesperson for comment requests.
Participated in additional reports by James Politi and Alex Rogers in Washington
