Summary
Elon Musk vowed to cancel government grants after allegedly gaining access to the US Treasury’s payments system, triggering the abrupt resignation of a senior official.
Musk, who leads Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), claimed his team found Treasury officials approving payments without scrutiny.
Democrats, including Sen. Ron Wyden, raised alarms over Musk’s influence on federal funds. Treasury access concerns intensified after Trump ally Michael Flynn posted grant payments online.
Musk’s authority to halt payments remains unclear, and the Treasury has not responded to inquiries.
So if he’s acting as a government official doesn’t he need to be confirmed by Congress?
LOL, but we have Worthington’s Law here in 'merica. It overrides any of that pesky Constitutional and/or democratic norms stuff…
you would think so… but then again he could just be an independent contractor or some such legaly distinct thing.
That’s not how it works at that level.