“Elon Musk has vowed to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government grants after apparently gaining access to review the US Treasury’s vast payments system, a move that prompted the sudden resignation of one of the department’s most senior officials,” the Financial Times reports.
“The threat came after Musk appeared to confirm on Saturday that DOGE had access to the Treasury system, which disperses trillions of dollars each year, including social security payments.
”“He justified the move by claiming his team discovered ‘that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups.’”
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