Tom Krause, the deputy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, is slated to become the financial assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

The elevation of Tom Krause to a more powerful role at Treasury will likely inflame an ongoing backlash over DOGE.

The Treasury Department will make an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service the head of the department that oversees the nation’s powerful payment systems after ousting the career civil servant who previously held the post,