Fox News: USAID employee says staffers hid pride flags, 'incriminating' books when DOGE arrived

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USAID employee says staffers hid pride flags, 'incriminating' books when DOGE arrived

ABC News spoke to a USAID worker who described what happened inside the office when Elon Musk's DOGE came to take over and dismantle the organization.......                    ...                        ...A USAID worker said Monday that office employees scrambled to hide anything "incriminating" when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) came knocking.......DOGE is not a government agency but has been tasked by the White House's executive office with dismantling wasteful spending initiatives, and "special government employee" Elon Musk's most recent target is the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).......The billionaire has argued that the agency is "beyond repair" and said President You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login should be closed down. Musk moved to rapidly seize control of USAID and shut it down. ......ABC News reported on how DOGE showed up at USAID offices in Washington, D.C., late last week and demanded access, speaking to one employee who claimed to have seen it all play out.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"DOGE was in the building. We started -- we took down our Pride flags, we took down- I took out any books I felt would be incriminating," Kristina Drye, a speechwriter for USAID, said. "No one was talking. We heard they started taking transcripts automatically of all of our Google Meets." ......She added further, "They unplugged the news in the little kitchen galleys. It didn't feel good. And then Saturday, all of the websites went down. And then I lost complete access to my computer."......On Monday, the White House listed a variety of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login USAID has contributed to.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......At the top of the list was a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login slated to "advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia's workplaces and business communities" and a $70,000 program for a "DEI musical" in Ireland.......Initiatives that supported LGBTQI programs were also flagged as an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds, including You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in Peru....

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