The suspended employees are suspected of attempting to undermine the US president’s executive orders
The Trump administration has placed approximately 60 senior career officials at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave, allegedly to suppress dissent regarding significant changes to US foreign aid policies, according to an internal memo.
The action follows President Donald Trump’s executive order initiating a 90-day suspension of most foreign aid to conduct a comprehensive spending review. An internal memo from USAID’s new leadership, obtained by Reuters and AP on Monday, stated that certain agency actions “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,” acting…
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