Senate Democrats seek independent investigation into Musk
Senate Democrats are pushing for an "independent investigation" into reports that Elon Musk and DOGE were granted "unprecedented and potentially illegal access to the federal government's payment systems."
In a letter to Loren Sciurba, the Deputy Inspector General of Treasury and Heather Hill, the Acting Treasury IG for Tax Administration, the senators said they have so far received from Treasury Secretary Bessent in response to their inquiries have "left more questions than answers" and left a need for an IG investigation.
"It is critically important to understand what systems were involved, who granted access to them, what type of access was permitted, exactly who gained the ability to get into the systems, and the reason they were allowed to access such sensitive information," they wrote.
The senators said it is "not at all clear" that Musk and other DOGE officials meet criteria that would allow them to access the data included in the federal payment system.
They also raised conflict of interest concerns about Musk's businesses, including Tesla, SpaceX and X.
-ABC News' Allison Pecorin







