Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon Musk’s DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID.
Court filings reveal that during the second Trump administration, Elon Musk's DOGE planned to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems to target USAID, monitor its payments, and potentially halt them. Treasury officials developed processes to intercept USAID payment files and share them with State officials, and DOGE operatives gained access to USAID's IT systems, leading to the potential shutting off of agency funding. USAID ultimately canceled 90% of its contracts, and a federal judge suggested this dismantling was likely unconstitutional.
