(Reuters) – 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 report, citing three people with knowledge of the matter, said Lebryk and Musk’s surrogates clashed over access to a sensitive system used to pay out more than $6 trillion a year in Social Security and Medicare benefits as well as federal salaries, government contract payments and tax refunds.
It was unclear why the team tied to Musk, who U.S. President Donald Trump has tasked with overhauling the government, sought access to the payment system.
Representatives for DOGE could not be immediately reached for comment. A DOGE spokesperson declined to comment to the Post.
Representatives for the U.S. Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Post said Lebryk could not be reached for comment.
The report did not say when Lebryk, who has served for several decades in nonpolitical jobs, would leave but said it would be soon.
On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Bessent to serve as Trump’s Treasury secretary.
(Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru and Susan Heavey in Washington; Editing by Toby Chopra and David Ljunggren)
