The American Agency for African Development will ask the court to prevent its closing star-news.press/wp

Washington – A small American federal agency that invests in African little companies is expected in court on Tuesday to fight for control over their business and existence.

The US Development Foundation last week tried to keep the staff from Elon Musk Government Efficiency Department from Entering their offices in Washington. Doge staff managed to gain entry after returning with us Marshall.

Ward Brehm, President of the USADF, pledged to the Trump’s Administration last week, to appeal that the attempt was illegal and that neither President Donald Trump had to exclude their business or replacement members and presidents.

Hours later, the US District Judge Richard J. Leon in Washington was temporarily prohibited by the administration to replace the USAAD management. Leon will hear the arguments on Tuesday of government lawyers and lawyers who represents Brehm whether Trump Management can remove members of the board and name new ones.

Trump last month in an Executive Target USADF and three other closure agencies in an effort to deliver a campaign promising to reduce the size of the Federal Government. The independent agency was created in 1980. year, Congress, and controlled by members of the Board, which must confirm the American Senate.

The primary issue in the case is whether Trump Administration is the legal authority to remove independent board members. The presidents are limited from the shooting of these members without the cause, thanks to the nearly 90-year-old Decision of the Supreme Court known as the Humphrey’s executor, who was advocates for advocates in court against Trump’s shooting. Recent Decisions of the Supreme Court expanded the president’s power of removal and legal experts, they say that the conservative majority of the court can be parted by unexpected.

At the Monday, Government Lawyers claimed that Trump administration removed Members of the USADF Committee by e-mail from the White House. The loss challenged that account, saying that only one member of the Boehm Management received an email to remove.

The remaining members of the Board forced the President of Brehm 3. March. The previous President of the USADF resigned before the Agency was targeted at elimination.

Lawyers for Trump administration claimed If the USADF’s board had, “he did everything possible to avoid the President of the President”, and that “the president must be able to fulfill his obligation to fulfill his duty to meet the obligation to make the law enforcement.”

Congress 2023. He separated $ 46 million in USADF for investing in relatively small agricultural projects and energy infrastructure projects among other economic development initiatives in 22 African countries. The agency employs about 50 people.

In court footers, USADF describes staff from the Doga demanding access to its systems, which staff denies calling to citizen of privacy and security requirements. They also said that the Dose email sent USADF staff by announcing that Pete Marocco, the Deputy Administrator of USAID who supervises his dismantling, would chair in the United States.

Morocco and some of the same staff managed to abolish the second independent agency, the inter-American foundation. 28. February, the White House official told IAF to chair the Agency’s Board, according to the letter sent to the EDDY Arriol, the Chairman of the IAF Committee.

On the same day, Morocco held Meeting of emergency committees Outside of IAF’s offices because he was unable to get a building entry. The notes enters the Federal Registry, Morocco said he The Executive Director Executive was marked And the president of the IAF, seemingly shooting a seated president.

Since IAF grants and contracts are canceled and most of its 37 staff members are fired. 2024. year IAF monitored almost 350 million dollars in investments in Latin American and Caribbean, with just half of which come from external funds, meanings from countries or private funds.

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