Bessent’s decision to hand the unelected Musk and his covert, unaccountable DOGE wrecking crew the keys to the federal money spigot is a blatant attack on democracy that will harm working people.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jeff Hauser, [email protected]
Elon Musk has wrested control over crucial U.S. government infrastructure, including the Treasury Department’s payment system used to disburse trillions of dollars in public funds each year. Musk’s lawless seizing of the Treasury payment system could not have happened without the support of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
In response, Revolving Door Project Executive Director Jeff Hauser released the following statement:
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s decision to hand the unelected Elon Musk and his covert, unaccountable DOGE wrecking crew the keys to the federal money spigot is a blatant attack on democracy that will harm working people. Bessent should be impeached immediately for privatizing powers which represent a public trust. He, along with Donald Trump and the 68 members of Congress who acceded to the confirmation of such a lackey, will own each and every one of the dangerous consequences that will flow from this act.”
“Trump and Musk appear to have initiated a plane crash economy. Let’s hope the chaos does not become too great before the forces that have previously curtailed rapacious billionaires can once again become effective.”
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