US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he personally vetted a senior Treasury employee on Elon Musk’s government efficiency team who has read-only access to federal payment data, and that there’s been no “tinkering” with the department’s payment systems.

The remarks came during a two-hour gathering between the Treasury secretary and GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee.

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The U.S. Treasury's payment system won't be touched by Elon Musk's government efficiency team, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business on Wednesday, adding that any decisions to stop payments would be made by other agencies.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was sued after he granted DOGE personnel limited access to his department’s payment system on Jan. 31.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team are not "tinkering" with any Treasury or IRS payment systems. He says they are doing important work.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was interviewed Thursday by Bloomberg Radio’s Saleha Mohsin in the historic Cash Room in the Treasury Building, which is just a few hundred yards from the White House.

Senate Democrats on Wednesday demanded Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend a meeting with the Democratic Caucus “as soon as possible” to answer questions about the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to a sensitive federal payment system.