Nobody did. But he’s is our new overlord anyway This is incredibly concerning: The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks. David A. Lebryk, who served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades, announced his retirement Friday in an email to colleagues obtained by The Washington Post. President Donald Trump named Lebryk as acting secretary upon taking office last week. Lebryk had a dispute with Musk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the U.S. government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year, the people said. The exact nature of the disagreement was not immediately clear, they said. Officials affiliated with Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” have been asking since after the election for access to the system, the people said — requests that were reiterated more recently, including after Trump’s inauguration. A spokeswoman for DOGE declined to comment. Lebryk could not be reached for comment late Thursday. When Scott Bessent was confirmed as treasury secretary on Monday, Lebryk ceased to be the acting agency head. Apparently, these payment systems are very closely held by the Bureau of Fiscal Service which controls more than $6 trillion to households and businesses in America. These are the systems that distribute Social Security and Medicare, salaries, payments and tax refunds. That system works very, very efficiently. Why in the…