Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team sought access to the government’s vast payment system, part of its bid to choke off federal funding.

David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury Department official, will leave following a clash with allies of billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk over payment system access, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

The elevation of Tom Krause to a more powerful role at Treasury will likely inflame an ongoing backlash over DOGE.

Tom Krause, a software executive, is the Treasury Department’s fiscal assistant secretary with access to a system that disburses government funds and includes Americans’ personal information.

Tom Krause, the deputy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, is slated to become the financial assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department, the Washington Post reported on Friday.