At least half a dozen USAID employees who talked to journalists after they thought Trump Administration have now received notifications on the Internal Office of Human Resources for Rear Assistance in Interviews.
Workers, whose formal dismissal date was delayed after the leaders met bureaucratic forces, received the latest day e-mail carrying the subject line “administrative interrogation.” The e-mail accused them that they “dealt with pressing / media without authorization” and vulnerable “disciplinary actions” including “removal from the US International Development Agency.”
Emails have sent work relationships, which are part of USAID internal human structure and manages most disciplinary and performance.
“Total intimidation,” Randy Chester, Deputy American Association for Foreign Services, which is the Union represented by USAID employees. He said employees began receiving notifications on Monday. The union shared the e-mail exclusively with the CBS.
“Federal employees do not teach their constitutional rights when they take over public affairs,” said Abbe Lowell, Veteran Washington, DC, a lawyer who performed his own company for the protection of public retaliation officers. Lowell is known for advocating high political figures, including Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Hunter Bidin.
“That so-called” query “does not seem to be used so much, because he is trying to silence criticism,” he said.
USAID – Agency that monitored distribution of foreign aid – among the first confrontation of drastic staff cuts by the Ministry of Government Efficiency, known as Doge, the effort to reduce force monitor the elon musk. 12. February, musk published Next to X: “USAID is a criminal organization. It’s time to die.”
Working in secret in secret, doge workers were inserted into various federal agencies and continued to bring a large reduction in force. In February, USAID employees received notifications that would soon lose the job. Agent letter from 3. February, he said “All USAID Direct employment staff would be set up to administratively on a global scale.” A few days later, workers were informed that the agency’s seat was closed until further notice.
18. February, President Trump said the speech saying, “We eliminated the US International Development Agency.”
At the end of the month, employees received 15 minutes to pack their things, in what many considered the end of his career in USAID.
But the trigger of the agency was more difficult than predicted, and many saw their dismissal slide dismissal because their bosses worked to raster them. In March, USAID leaders have issued a recording that the vast majority of employees of the Agency would formally lose the job either 1. July or 2. September. Employees continued to be on the USAID’s payment list from February.
Later that month, the State Department reported Congress to “align the USAID selection of functions” to 1. July.
This week employed who publicly stated their dismissal between the end of February and the beginning of March began to receive communication via email that suggested interviews made in this period were inappropriate. Email, reviewed CBS news, asked employees to submit a statement and answers to a series of questions by 13. May.
According to e-mail, “failure in accordance with these instructions and to provide a statement as requested, misconduct”, and their written statement “will be used to determine whether it is wrongdoing and if necessary to correct that behavior.”
Federal workers, including USAID employees, are contractored by the performance of interviews with journalists without the permission of the Agency. USAID employees are not asked to sign separation agreements that prevent them from talking to the press members, towards Chester.
In this case, many who received notifications on employee interruptions believe they have already lost their jobs, Chester said. Others were willing to take the risk.
He believes that these notifications promote the “cold effect” for those who have stories to share with printing or joined lawsuits against the government.
“It’s an effort to stifle anyone else to talk to the press,” he said in an interview with CBS news. “These notices give the administration desperately to hide their mistakes.”
Research on the possible misconduct employees usually last months to address and involve multiple complaints. In most circumstances, if it is determined that the employee has committed misconduct, they offer them a limited suspension from work without paying.
“This is a complete waste of time and government resources,” Chester said. “It will cost them money to carry out these investigations, and lawyers who explore will not even have a job by the time it was done.”
The State Department spokesman responded to the request of the CBS who says: “As in general, we do not comment on internal staff.”
2025-05-09 22:05:00
