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USAID employee says staffers hid pride flags, ‘incriminating’ books when DOGE arrived

ABC News spoke to a USAID worker who described what happened inside the office when Elon Musk’s DOGE came to take over and dismantle the organization.

AUSAIDworkersaidMondaythatofficeemployeesscrambledtohideanything“incriminating”whentheDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE)cameknocking. DOGEisnotagovernmentagencybuthasbeentaskedbytheWhiteHouse’sexecutiveofficewithdismantlingwastefulspendinginitiatives,and“specialgovernmentemployee”ElonMusk’smostrecenttargetistheU.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopment(USAID). Thebillionairehasarguedthattheagencyis“beyondrepair”andsaidPresidentDonaldTrumpagreedthatUSAIDshouldbecloseddown.MuskmovedtorapidlyseizecontrolofUSAIDandshutitdown.  ABCNewsreportedonhowDOGEshowedupatUSAIDofficesinWashington,D.C.,latelastweekanddemandedaccess,speakingtooneemployeewhoclaimedtohaveseenitallplayout. RUBIOPAUSESFOREIGNAIDFROMSTATEDEPARTMENTANDUSAIDTOENSUREITPUTS‘AMERICAFIRST’ “DOGEwasinthebuilding.Westarted—wetookdownourPr