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This raises serious concerns that classified documents are actively being destroyed.
A former USAID official confirmed the authenticity of the email to Politico and expressed alarm at the scale of the operation.
“I’ve never seen something like this—en masse. Everyone with a safe is supposed to keep it up to date and destroy documents when they no longer need to be stored. Sometimes security will check your safe and tell you if you have to clean out old material.”
This revelation comes as legal groups challenging the Trump administration’s attempts to close USAID have taken immediate action. NBC News reports that an emergency motion has been filed to halt the document destruction.
“Defendants are, as this motion is being filed, destroying documents with potential pertinence to this litigation,” the filing states.
The motion also warns that the extent of the document destruction could have severe consequences for the agency’s operations. “Although Plaintiffs do not know at this moment which records are being destroyed, the destruction of records may severely undermine the agency’s ability to function. For example, destruction of records that contain information about the agency’s operations may make it extraordinarily difficult—if not impossible—to recreate and rebuild agency programming” should the lawsuit succeed.
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Adding to the high stakes, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, is presiding over the case. NBC News reports that he has not yet ruled on the emergency motion but has ordered both parties to submit a status report by tomorrow morning, along with a proposed schedule for further proceedings.
With classified documents allegedly going up in flames and legal battles intensifying, this unfolding scandal is sure to draw national outrage and scrutiny. The public awaits the next move in what is shaping up to be a major controversy.
They are in a major panic..have to destroy all evidence..since USAID official and grantees facing criminal charges of fraud..Officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as well as their grantees could potentially face criminal charges for foreign aid fraud after the agency’s deputy administrator-designate found that the abuse of taxpayer funds was far worse than first reported, according to several news outlets…..During a confidential briefing Wednesday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Acting USAID Chief Marocco reportedly told Congress he is considering criminal referrals regarding fraudulent spending activities within the U.S. international aid agency.