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.
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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