Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Sent a letter to the Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, demanding what access to Elon Musk was given to the federal payment system and what safeguards were implemented to protect the Private data from Americans and prevent abuse.
“I am writing about a disturbing report that, in one of your first acts after your confirmation as Treasury Secretary. Of the North -Americans,” Warren wrote in a letter to Bessent, whom the Senate confirmed last week.
Warren warned that “it is extraordinarily dangerous to measure critical systems that process trillions of transactions each year.”
He said he was “alarmed” by the reports that Bessent said he “set aside” a person responsible for managing the extraordinary measures that the Treasury Department needs to extend the federal loans authority, which he formally expired last month. .
David Lebryk, a ranking officer of the treasure, left the department last week after he faced Musk for access to the payment system.
Warren says he wants answers on the role of Bessent in what he called “this security and management security” and on “how to protect the integrity of the federal government’s financial operations after delivering the systems to the Lord’s team. Musk ”.
He said that the federal payment system controls the flow of $ 6 trillion in Social Security related to payments, Medicare, federal salaries, government payments, grants and tax returns.
He said that the system has been historically “closely” because it includes sensitive personal information of tens of millions of North -Americans.
He expressed his concern that Musk could act unilaterally to close federal programs and funding obligations.
“Controlling the system could allow the Trump Administration” unilaterally “and illegally” to reduce payments for millions of North -Americans, jeopardizing the financial security of families and companies based on political favorite or whims From Mr Musk and those of his team he has worked inside, “he wrote.
He asked Bessent to confirm the reports that Musk and his team accessed the payment systems and specifically disseminate who has accessed and the systems.
He also asked for details on what safeguards are there to protect the personal and private data of the North -Americans, to protect national security and to protect the integrity of the payment system.
He asked Bessent to provide answers on February 7.
