01:44 PM EST, 02/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he personally vetted the Treasury workers on Elon Musk's government efficiency team with read-only access to payment data and that there hasn't been any "tinkering" with the department's payment systems, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing a Bloomberg TV interview with Bessent.

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