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From Fox News: Dozens of senior officials in the U.S. agency that administers foreign aid were reportedly placed on leave Monday amid an investigation into alleged resistance to President Donald Trump’s orders.
At least 56 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officials were placed on administrative leave with full pay and benefits, Politico first reported. Several hundred contractors based in Washington and elsewhere were also laid off, a current and a former official told the Associated Press.
These actions come after Secretary of State Marco Rubio, acting on Trump’s executive order, paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and USAID. The 90-day pause has halted thousands of U.S.-funded humanitarian, development and security programs worldwide and forced aid organizations to lay off hundreds of employees because they can’t make payroll.
According to the Associated Press, an internal USAID notice sent late Monday said new acting administrator Jason Gray had identified “several actions within USAID that appear to be designed to circumvent the President’s Executive Orders and the mandate from the American people.”
“As a result, we have placed a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice while we complete our analysis of these actions,” Gray wrote.
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The report clarifies that “those placed on leave were career officials who had served in multiple administrations, including Trump’s.”
USAID workers put on leave as Trump officials investigate resistance to aid pause https://t.co/yLOtYDRhNC
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) January 28, 2025
USAID has long been a front for the CIA. These people have stolen & laundered billions in taxpayer funds from the American people. And some anonymous “former Trump official” quoted here has not read the memo – the people are ecstatic. They want you out. https://t.co/58bVUTIi9z
— Lara Logan (@laralogan) January 28, 2025
REPORT: Trump signs executive order pausing foreign assistance for 3 months
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