Dear Friend,

The federal government holds massive amounts of Americans’ personal and financial information. Since taking office, the Trump administration has failed to protect this sensitive data and has allowed unauthorized people to access these databases.

In January 2025, Treasury Secretary Bessent personally granted Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to a major federal payment system containing the Social Security Numbers and bank account information for millions of Americans. Secretary Bessent’s decision has been described as “the biggest breach of US government data” in history.

This week, Secretary Bessent appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee. I pressed him on how this happened, what he is doing to ensure it never happens again, and whether he takes responsibility for exposing your information like this.