The email didn’t provide any reason for the document destruction. The building is being emptied out after mass layoffs, which may have disrupted routine document destruction timetables. Customs and Border Protection is planning to move into the USAID facility, having rented 390,000 square feet of office space in the building last month.
The effort also underscores the tumultuous way in which the Trump administration is dismantling an agency that once managed a $40 billion annual budget and had more than 10,000 staff around the world.
Efforts by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency last month to access secure computer systems at USAID — including information about employees’ security clearances — triggered an uproar at the agency that prompted the administration to place two of the agency’s security staff on administrative leave. A DOGE spokesperson subsequently said that there was no improper access to classified material.
The State Department didn’t respond to a request for comment on the document purge.
A former USAID staffer confirmed the veracity of the email and described the destruction of agency documents as unprecedented.
“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,” said the former staffer, who was granted anonymity due to fear of possible reprisals by the Trump administration.
USAID has been at the epicenter of Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk’s visions of a smaller federal workforce. Most of USAID’s personnel have been laid off or placed on administrative leave. USAID staffers are battling the changes in courts, with mixed results.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced this week that more than 80 percent of USAID’s programs have been canceled, and the remaining ones will be administered by the State Department.
Their actions are criminal, why are they not being arrested for destruction of GOV DOC’s? Two tiers of justice … again
No Esptine action, no ditty convictions,
just saying seams like more BS from the NEW Presidents Team.
Doug Collins embarrasses fake news reporter to her face.
Pam Bondi and Kash Patel may want to look into (possibly criminal) actions of Valerie Costa.
Rapper says BLM is a scam.
Judge Nichols to hold emergency hearing this morning.
USAID shredding story is not what it seems.
Bootlicker Media loved it when Joe Biden brought EVs to white house for sales event — Remember this photo, hypocrites.
ICE makes arrests on Nantucket Island.
Trump proposes ending Obamacare for Illegals.
Are you IN for the duration and what that means, or are you going to continue staring at the clock?
Nancy…. whoa…. calm down. I understand all of politics is essentially an opinion, and we all have differing opinions, but are you suggesting you want all this cleaned up today? NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN! This will take well into Trumps 4th term, but the changes you will see will compare to those on Mt Rushmore… and soon, Trump will have his mug shot etched there too!.
Trump has all the evidence, and is collecting more by the day. I would gather you believe him, but look how many people there are still against him that are sold on the propaganda…. be easy on them… for they do not know… but you need to be just as patient with your own emotions.
until then… grab more popcorn!
Sound advice for Nancy. Thank you Chubuttah.
Heeeeell yeah! OOOOORAH! GET SOME!
NCSWIC
anoldpieceofleather
People in panic. Unlawful destruction of government property is a felony.
USAID shredding story is not what it seems.
Time for Marco to put the water bottle down and do something beside complaining about Musk- given he’s ” in charge”.
Send in the MARINES! They can stop it!!
The Marines would love a good training exercise. So many new recruits could use a real life refresher on putting down a rebellion.
War takes time! And to UNDO all that’s been done for the last 50+ yrs is going to take some un-doing… Pure evil is multi-dimensional, knows no bounds, permeates every facet of life, could care less about the “who”, and beyond earth core deep. I don’t believe our minds can fathom the depth of evil that’s being exposed. Trust the plan!