President Donald Trump said Friday that billionaire Elon Musk and his tech team can access people’s Social Security numbers quite “easily,” an admission fueling Democrats’ efforts in Congress for new data protection legislation.
Musk is leading Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting efforts, using a team of computer whizzes to access government agencies and payment systems to look for programs and people to cut off the payroll.
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