Top USAID Officials Put On Leave After Refusing To Allow DOGE Flacks To Access Security, Personnel Files

CNN reports:

Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement.

Personnel from the Musk-created office physically tried to access the USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, and were stopped. The DOGE personnel demanded to be let in and threatened to call US Marshals to be allowed access, two of the sources said. Three of the sources said the DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to security systems and personnel files. Two of those sources said also they wanted access to classified information.

USAID Director of Security John Voorhees and his deputy are the latest officials who have been put on leave amid fears that the agency is being intentionally dismantled by the Trump administration. Rumors are swirling that President Donald Trump intends to sign an executive order to fold USAID into the US State Department – a move that Democratic lawmakers say is illegal.

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NEW: Top USAID security officials put on leave after DOGE officials showed up last night demanding entry. Threatened to call US Marshals, looking to access to security systems, personnel files and classified information, sources tell @jmhansler & me https://t.co/WfXD5AaOeu

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