Elon Musk to Install DOGE Crony Amid Treasury Department Takeover:
Elon Musk’s takeover of the Department of Treasury just got much more ominous.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191307/elon-musk-doge-treasury-department-payments-takeover

"One of Elon Musk’s allies, #TomKrause... will become the financial asst secretary of the #Treasury after clashing with #DavidLebryk, the previous secretary [since 1989], over illegally ceasing payments on foreign aid."

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“I don’t believe we have the legal authority to stop an authorized payment certified by an agency,” he wrote to the group on Jan 24. #DavidLebryk, who had been a federal employee for >35 years, was pushed out of his job days later for refusing to give Krause access to the system. Late on Jan. 31, a Friday, #ScottBessent authorized entry for a team led by Krause after Lebryk’s departure.

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The possibility of systems at the #Treasury’s little-known Bureau of the Fiscal Service being used to stop congressionally authorized spending has stoked alarm among #Democrats, who have called for investigations & led protests at the Treasury building.

#DavidLebryk, formerly the top career official at the Treasury, rebuffed the request to grant access & pause the #aid payments.

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The new *authority* [overthrown] follows a standoff this week with a top #Treasury ofcl who had resisted allowing #ElonMusk’s lieutenants into the department’s payment system, which sends out #money on behalf of the entire #federal #government. The ofcl, a career #CivilServant named #DavidLebryk 🦸🏻‍♂️, was put on leave & then suddenly retired [was #fired] on Friday after the dispute….

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Officials affiliated w/ #ElonMusk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” #DOGE have been asking since after the election for access to the system… — requests that were reiterated more recently, including after #Trump’s inauguration.

…When #ScottBessent was confirmed as #treasury secretary on Monday, #DavidLebryk ceased to be the acting agency head.

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#DavidLebryk, who served in nonpolitical roles at #Treasury for several decades, is expected to leave the agency soon. #Trump named Lebryk as acting secretary upon taking office last week. Lebryk had a dispute w/ #ElonMusk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the #US government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year….

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