The former acting Treasury Secretary, appointed by President Trump last week while he waited on the Senate to confirm the new Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, has just resigned after clashing with DOGE over access to a Treasury payment system.
According to the Washington Post, David Lebryk is the highest ranking career official at Treasury and apparently isn’t happy with these requests for access by DOGE.
Here’s more from WAPO:
The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks.
David A. Lebryk, who served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades, announced his retirement Friday in an email to colleagues obtained by The Washington Post. President Donald Trump named Lebryk as acting secretary upon taking office last week. Lebryk had a dispute with Musk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the U.S. government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year, the people said. The exact nature of the disagreement was not immediately clear, they said.
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