No way to run a bank....

Last night — 02.03.25 — Lawrence O'Donnell talked on his program, "The Last Word", about the new Treasury Secretary giving unfettered access to the Treasury payment system — what amounts to the nation's six trillion dollar checkbook — to Elon Musk and his team, who as far as we know, have not been vetted for security clearances or conflicts of interest, have not been confirmed by the US Senate, are subject to no formal oversight mechanism, and have not made the oath required by law.

Here is the text of that law, 5 U.S. Code § 3331: 

“An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: 'I, ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.'”

Tim Reid of Reuters reports that agency officials say that proper federal employees — who have met the legal criteria, and are charged with operating and protecting the integrity of the systems — have been locked out.

Lawrence O'Donnell said "It would be like having the richest customer of a bank telling the bank president 'Hey I want to see everyone else’s accounts at the bank' - and the bank president just opens the books to let the richest customer of the band see and do whatever he wants."

This is no way to run a bank ... or the day-to-day operations of the US government.

Do your Members of Congress know what you want them to do in this moment? https://www.congress.gov/ [find Contact Your Member and click through].

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbb1bJDZjTk&list=PLDIVi-vBsOEyZy0adHN2CFRpuTcI43Tdq&index=1

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2019/10/the-oath-of-office-and-what-it-means/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/02/03/what-is-elon-musks-role-exactly-white-house-calls-him-special-government-employee-heres-what-that-means/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/politics/musk-government-employee/index.html