Whistleblowers confirmed late Friday that convicted felon and President Trump has handed his unelected billionaire co-president Elon Musk control of the U.S. Treasury and access its sensitive payment system that disburses payments each year totaling $6 trillion. Musk, an unaccountable billionaire who is ineligible for a security clearance due to his ties to the Chinese government through his factories there, now has access to control all payments made by the U.S. government and access to every American’s personal information including Social Security numbers, bank account information, dates of birth, home address, Medicare and Medicaid payment and other personal data.
Members of Musk’s non-government “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) stormed the Treasury building, ordered the longtime Treasury employees out their jobs, and seized control of the servers and payment system.
This is an illegal act.
Control of this system gives Musk the ability to cut off federal salaries, cut Americans’ Social Security, disability, Medicare and Medicaid payments, cut payments to government-sponsored food and nutrition programs, financially penalize cities and states that don’t agree with his or Trump’s agenda, as well as cut Congressionally-approved aid to foreign countries to help control communicable diseases, feed starving people, and more.
Only Congress has the “power of the purse.” No one in any other branch of government has the legal ability to simply stop Congressionally-approved payments.
The Treasury’s payment system is supposed to be restricted only to career Treasury Department employees with security clearances. Musk had these employees, who tried to protect the system from his intrusion, put on administrative leave in order for him to gain access to the system.
The aides working for Musk’s DOGE who have access to the payment system are 19-24 years old, have no government experience, no security clearance, have not been approved by Congress and are unaccountable.
This is part of a place coup. Security clearances don’t mean anything when someone who doesn’t care about them gives them to his cronies. Musk, not born an American citizen, has to operate behind a figurehead president until the constitution is thrown out. Bad Hat obviously listens or even reads media that makes up stuff and lies all the time. He also enjoys whataboutism and insulting people. Maybe we can take up a collection to get him a better hat.
Anne, your article is FULL OF LIES.
It would take me too much of my precious time to delineate all of them, but off the cuff, Trump didn’t hand over the control of the US treasury to Musk and Musk’s workers have security clearances.
You have no respect for your readers. You obviously think they’re stupid. You should be ashamed.
How about citing a source that Musk’s people have security clearances. Musk can’t get one because of his ties to China, so how do his people have them?
“The New York Times reported that the members of DOGE who have access to the system have had to pass government background checks and acquire the appropriate security clearances for that level of the Treasury.”
Anne won’t allow me to post links, but I did a search for info about Musk’s security clearance status. It doesn’t have anything to do with the Chinese.
Here’s the website: clearancejobs
Look at you, full-bore “Heil Elon”. Not that it’s a surprise, it’s just nice to see the mask off.
It is unknown if Musk’s people have security clearances. The White House doesn’t even know if Musk’s people have security clearances:
From NPR on Feb. 3:
“White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said today … she does not have details about Musk’s security clearance, and we don’t know about the status of others working at DOGE, like whether or not they are government employees, what clearances they may have.” https://www.npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5284768/elon-musks-doge-unit-is-causing-confusion-and-raising-security-and-legal-concerns
With their security status unknown even by the WH, it must be assumed they have no security clearance.
Congressional Resource Service (CRS) condemns a number of the threats and actions against NSAID allegedly carried out by Elmer Musk’s Incel AI Army. Speaking of who respects who (sic), I’ll wager that the current Vice President (Trump) holds the record for respecting no one but himself.
Did I somehow miss that Musk was elected to office? And might not he have a few conflicts of interests? Security clearances are no longer needed by those who work in the “DOGE”? Shutting down foreign aid and the USAID? Abruptly firing Inspector Generals across many government agencies? Eliminating long-term, non-political scientists at the EPA? Did I also miss any logical explanation for how these multi-national tariffs – some of which are now paused – will somehow benefit our citizens and our pocketbooks? There’s more, but I’m exhausted by all of this . . .
This is beyond understanding. Is congress so chickenshit that they can’t or won’t do something to get Musk out of this made up position he’s holding? He is a traitor, pure and simple and I don’t know that even Trump can stop him.
This is the coup attempt by the Republican Party.
Musk is a distraction for what is really happening.
Back in the day just to review documents that may have even been public, had to go thru background checks, sometimes took a few days, maybe couple of weeks. Did these kids have to do anything? I’m guessing…not.