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The government does this across the board every day,
Shumate said
This is a full-scale gutting of virtually all the personnel of an entire agency,
Karla Gilbride, the attorney for the employee associations, told the judgeThe major reduction in force, as well as the closure of offices, the forced relocation of these individuals were all done in excess of the executive’s authority in violation of the separation of powers,
Karla Gilbride, a lawyer for the unions, said at the hearing
USAID IS DRIVING THE RADICAL LEFT CRAZY, AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE WAY IN WHICH THE MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT, SO MUCH OF IT FRAUDULENTLY, IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE.”
On Friday morning, Trump continued to blast the agency on social media, stating
The agency will consider case-by-case exceptions and return travel extensions based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons,
it addedThey take the taxpayer money and they spend it as a global charity irrespective of whether it is in the national interest or not in the national interest,
he told Fox News in an interview on Sunday
The agency's collapse has had disastrous humanitarian consequences,
Thursday's lawsuit said, including shutting down efforts to fight malaria and HIV
Our government is attacking us. This is worse than any dictatorship where I’ve worked.”
GawandThe humanitarian consequences of defendants’ actions have already been catastrophic,
the plaintiffs saidWe already see the shutdown’s cost, ... Kids with drug-resistant TB, turned away from clinics, are not just dying – they’re spreading the disease. People around the world [with] HIV, denied their medicine, will soon start transmitting virus. The damage is global.”
Atul Gawande, a surgeon who led global health programs for USAid wrote on XI am not surprised that the attacks are being cheered by Moscow and Beijing,
Power wroteDeaths are inevitable. Already, 300 babies that would not have had HIV, now do,
the lawsuit states
Not a single one of defendants’ actions to dismantle USAID were taken pursuant to congressional authorization,
the lawsuit states
The dismantling of USAID including its Foreign Service members has thrown dedicated public servants—and their families—into chaos and uncertainty,
AFSA President Tom Yazdgerdi said in a statement ThursdayNot when it comes to fraud. If there’s fraud, these people are lunatics,
Trump said when asked by CNN’s Jeff Zeleny about his capacity to exact major changes to USAIDThese actions have generated a global humanitarian crisis by abruptly halting the crucial work of USAID employees, grantees, and contractors. They have cost thousands of American jobs. And they have imperiled U.S. national security interests,
attorneys for the groups wrote in the lawsuitPresident Trump’s actions to dissolve USAID exceed presidential authority and usurp legislative authority conferred upon Congress by the Constitution, in violation of the separation of powers,
the lawsuit statesThe consequences of this disruption go far beyond individual careers—it weakens U.S. leadership and undermines global stability worldwide. AFSA will continue to defend its members and pursue all options to protect this essential workforce,
he said