The Ministry of Government (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, will soon have access to an internal system in return for service (IRS) which contains sensitive taxpayers, Fox News learned.
DOGE asked for access to IRS integrated data recovery system, which allows the workers of the IRS to see the accounts of the taxpayers.
Harrison Fields, main assistant press secretary of the White House, told Fox News in a press release that access to this system is necessary to identify fraud and repair the system.
“Waste, fraud and abuses are deeply anchored in our broken system for too long,” said Fields. “It takes direct access to the system to identify and repair it. DOGE will continue to highlight the fraud they discover, because the American people deserves to know what their government has spent their hard -won taxes.”
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are talking about Doge’s efforts to investigate unnecessary American government expenses from the White House Oval Office in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)
The IRS website stipulates that the system allows workers “to have instant visual access to certain accounts of taxpayers”. The other functions of the system include “finding information on the account and demand for returns”, entering transactions and collection information, and “automatically generate reviews, collection documents and other outings”.
The DOGE led by muscles will soon have access to an IRS system which contains sensitive taxpayers, Fox News learned on Monday. (Samuel Corum / Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
Musk leads to aggressively reducing government waste with regard to federal spending under President Donald Trump. It was created via a decree and is a temporary organization of the White House which will spend 18 months carrying out its mission.
DOGE puts Dei as a hatch with an end of more than $ 370 million in subsidies from the Department of Education
The group was criticized on its access to federal systems, including the payment system of the Treasury Department, as well as measures to cancel federal contracts and make reductions in various agencies. Prosecutors General of 14 States are continuing to prevent Doge from accessing federal data, arguing that Musk and Trump administration have engaged in the overtaking of illegal leaders.
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The newly formed cost reduction agency won a victory on Friday when a Washington federal judge refused a request to prevent it temporarily from accessing sensitive data from work, health and social services and the office consumer financial protection.
Michael Dorgan from Fox News Digital and Eric Revell contributed to this report.
