USAID workers were told to shred or burn internal documents, unnerving Congress
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The efforts triggered immediate alarm on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers took steps to remind the administration of its obligation to comply with laws prohibiting the destruction of government information.
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USAID employees were instructed to destroy items in the agency’s “classified safes and personnel documents," per an email sent by the agency's acting leader.
It appears Politico has committed what “Blaze News Tonight’s” Jill Savage calls “a random act of journalism.” In a recent article titled “USAID official tells staffers: Shred and burn your documents,” the outlet spread the word that USAID senior official Erica Carr instructed staffers to destroy...
The efforts triggered immediate alarm on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers took steps to remind the administration of its obligation to comply with laws prohibiting the destruction of government information.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees and outside groups are fighting an order from the agency’s leadership to shred and burn its classified documents as well as personnel records.
An email was fired off to staffers from Erica Carr — the acting executive secretary at USAID -- Tuesday calling for an “all day” effort to help destruct agency documents at the all-but-shuttered headquarters in Washington, DC.
USAID initiated a document destruction process as part of broader administrative measures unsident Donald Trump’s plans to reorganize the federal agency.
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