Inside DOGE’s Plan to Invade the Treasury—and Throttle USAID

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) had a plan to monitor USAID payments and was preparing to use US Treasury systems to halt them.

DOGE gained access to the most sensitive systems at the Treasury , including the Bureau of Fiscal Service (BFS) The bureau handles most federal payments, to the tune of more than $5 trillion a year .

Court documents shared by the government reveal Elez had access as of February 1 .

DOGE operatives, including Luke Farritor , had gained “super administrator” access to USAID ’s systems, ProPublica reports.

BFS was instructed to focus on flagging, quarantining, and sending several payments to State officials that fell under President Donald Trump 's foreign aid executive order.

The plan was vetted by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent , who was “comfortable proceeding”.

In late February , USAID said it would cancel 90 percent of the agency’s contracts.

A federal judge said the dismantling of USAID “likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways” This week , Trump signed an executive order stating that all federal payments should be consolidated within the Treasury .