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The sweet crude of absolute power flowing through Republican veins into their blackened, traitorous hearts must be intoxicating. Elon agrees.

82. On January 24, 2025, Tom Krause, a tech executive apparently working with or
behalf of DOGE, asked Trump appointee and then-acting Treasury Secretary David A. Lebryk, to
halt certain foreign aid payments through BFS systems because Mr. Musk believed they violated
certain executive orders.25 On information and belief, at the time Mr. Krause made this request, he
was not a Treasury employee but rather was affiliated with DOGE.
83. DOGE was not seeking to stop the payments because they were going to an
improper payee. Rather, DOGE sought to stop the payments for policy reasons.26
84. Mr. Lebryk stated that he did not believe “we have the legal authority to stop an
authorized payment certified by an agency” and that the less legally risky route would be for the
State Department to stop and evaluate the propriety of the payments.27 Mr. Krause responded by 21
threatening Mr. Lebryk, telling him he could face legal risk himself if he did not comply with
DOGE.
85. Shortly after Scott Bessent was confirmed as Treasury Secretary on January 27,
2025, Mr. Lebryk was placed on administrative leave and ultimately resigned after 30 years of
federal service.28 Beginning February 2, 2025, Secretary Bessent granted DOGE personnel full
access to BFS payment systems, which contain sensitive Treasury data, including Social Security
and Medicare customer payment data as well as Plaintiff States’ bank account and related financial
information.

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