Top Treasury official retires over DOGE request for access to payment systems


David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department nonpolitical career official, retired Friday after clashing with Elon Musk allies over government payment systems, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill on condition of anonymity.

The Washington Post first reported on Lebryk’s departure, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Upon his inauguration, President Trump had appointed Lebryk acting Treasury secretary while nominee Scott Bessent was waiting to be confirmed.

Lebryk’s retirement follows a dispute over a request from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which Musk oversees, for access to the payment system that Treasury officials use to disburse funds.

The Post reported that a small number of career officials at Treasury have control over the systems, which are run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Lebryk was previously first commissioner of the bureau.

The systems control $6 trillion annually, distributed as Social Security, Medicare, salaries for federal workers, payments to government contractors, payments to grant recipients and tax refunds.

Lebryk served in the Treasury Department for three decades and was appointed the fiscal assistant secretary in 2014, which is the most senior career position at the agency.

The Treasury Department and DOGE did not respond to a request for comment Lebryk’s retirement.
 
I know Trump wants to destroy the Treasury Department. Only problem is that if you shut down the means to collect revenue you cripple the economy
 
He shouldn't have resigned. He should have stayed and RASIED EVERY SIREN he could. Shame on him for resigning.
 
He shouldn't have resigned. He should have stayed and RASIED EVERY SIREN he could. Shame on him for resigning.
When I see that or Republicans that never bought into the cult that resigned instead of standing up to fight, my first reaction is that they’re being pussies but then when I think about it more, I realize that they know it’s a fight they can’t win. That’s how much power Has been consolidated by the wealthiest people in this country, possibly in the world and knowing that he has no soul and no conscience and no idea of right and wrong, Trump was the perfect narcissist to put into the White House.

You said in the shout box that you don’t know how to live your life anymore. I know what I’m doing, I met an amazing woman who is everything I’ve ever wanted in life and has the same awareness and ideals that I have who is financially secure and has her shit together.

I bought a truck that I can take anywhere with confidence and this summer when I go home for vacation, I will make sure that I have working keys for our lake house up in northern New York just south of Ogdensburg and the Canadian border.

And when things are no longer sustainable, that’s where we will be heading
 
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