Destruction of world's largest humanitarian programme was done without formal authority or official oversight, former USAID employees claim

Destruction of world’s largest humanitarian programme was done without formal authority or official oversight, former USAID employees claim

Elon Musk, leader of the Trump administration’s now-disbanded Department of Government Efficiency, must sit for depositions along with senior State Department officials over their role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Pointing to findings that Musk had made the decision to break up USAID – one of the world’s largest humanitarian programs – despite lacking formal authority or official approval – District Judge Theodore Chuang wrote that there was “no alternative” than for Musk and other officials to provide testimony regarding their decision-making process.

The ruling represents a win for a group of anonymous former USAID employees who are suing Musk, DOGE and State Department officials over the closure.

  • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
    11·
    12 hours ago

    Look dude I get it you really like Elon

    0/10 reading comprehension.

    but he’s a criminal and deserves to go to jail or hang for the thousands of people who died due to his USAID cuts.

    Agreed.

    I’m done with this conversation and you

    Cool but what I was saying is that you’ll never pin any of this on him because he managed to do all the damage he did without committing a crime. The fact that this was possible is itself the problem . You haven’t even engaged with what the actual problem is, you’re just reacting emotionally.