Washington – democratic members of the Congress were refused on Monday to the American International Development Agency, after the billionaire Elon Musk, strengthened by President Donald Trump, worked on closing the arm of the humanitarian nation.
Senators and members of the Chamber gathered in front of the closed headquarters of the agency in Washington, sweeping to fight Musk at the weekend. This included sending people from the Muska or Doge government department to get mighty access to computer systems and USAID files.
“We will not let this injustice happen. Congress created this agency with the Foreign Aid Act of 1961, and if you want to change it, you must change this right, “said Rep. Gerry Connolly from Virginia, said a gigantic crowd, which gathered outside the Ronald Reagan building and the International Trade Center, where, where, where, where the international center of Ronald Reagan trade, where the agency is living.
Senator Chris Van Hollen told the swarm of journalists and USAID employees that the action of Trump’s administration against USAID was “illegal” and that he talked to lawyers over the weekend.
“This is a clear violation of our law,” said Maryland Democrat for the crowd, who was dotted to home protest signs reading “USAID must be saved” and “Usaid saves life.”
Senator Brian Scatz from Hawaii, who also joined the press conference, later announced that he would put a blanket on all nominees for the Trump State Department.
Connolly, Van Hollen, Scatz and several other democratic legislators, including representatives of Jamie Raskin and Johnny Olszewski from Maryland, Don Beyer from Virginia and Ilhan Omar from Minnesota, refused to enter the USAID office after a press conference in the open air.
Employees received e -maile and text gusts with information that they did not report to the building on Monday.
The agency manages USD 40 billion in expenses in the USA
Working force of about 10,000-two, from which it works abroad-it is designing and distributing funds that reach about 130 countries. The agency was allocated around $ 40 billion in a tax year 2023.
The agency, in accordance with the Act, is a “independent plant” and “in accordance with the direct body and political guidelines of the Secretary of State”, According to for impartial congress research service.
In an interview with reporters in Salvador, on Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was now the administrator of the USAID.
Rubio he said Reporters who USAID “are involved in programs that are contrary to what we try to do in our national strategy” in any country.
“20 or 30 years have passed, when people tried to reform him, and refuses to reform, refuses to cooperate,” said Rubio.
Early Monday Musk said during a live conversation on the X Spaces that Trump “agreed that we should close it”, The Associated Press Reported. Live recordings x space are NO Automatically publicly available. GOP sense joined Musk. Joni Ernst from Iowa and Mike Lee from Utah during live chat.
Agency website, Usaid.govand his social media account He went shadowy on Saturday.
Democrats demand update from Rubio
People identifying as dog staff entered the USAID headquarters at the weekend to access computers and agency files, CNN reported. At least two USAID security officials were on administrative leave after the initial refusal to access granting.
Trump signed executive order On the first day in the office establishing a dog in order to “modernize federal technology and software to maximize the efficiency and government performance.”
Democrats in the Senate Commission of Foreign Relations asked Rubio to “immediately update” about who access to USAID system and files on Saturday and whether they reviewed classified and personal information.
“While some people were to have security permits, it is not clear whether those who gained access to safe classified objects, have the appropriate permission or tried to access. We understand that the security guards present in the facility were threatened when they asked questions, “wrote Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the most vital democrat of the Senate’s foreign relations committee, she wrote in letter Signed by all Democrats on the panel.
Shaheen said that the committee that has jurisdiction on monitoring international aid was not informed that the Department of Government of Trump is planning to visit the headquarters of the USAID headquarters.
“After this incident, higher management of the security office, which is secured by USAID staff and facilities and secure information on national security, was placed on administrative leave. Potential access of sensitive and even classified files that may contain personal information (PII) of Americans working with USAID, and this incident as a whole raises deep concerns regarding the protection and protection of matters related to US national security, “wrote Shaheen.
Doge representative Katie Miller wrote On Sunday X, no closed material was accessed without appropriate safety transparency. “
Trump told journalists on Sunday that USAID is “led by radical madmen, and we pull them out and we will make a decision.”
In the post on his social media platform, X Musk wrote that the agency is a “criminal organization”.
Newsroom States reached the White House and the Department of State to get a comment.
Trump signed only a few hours for his presidency executive order Stop foreign aid programs for 90 days.
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Last updated 18:23, February 3, 2025
