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| USAID head Peter Marocco tells lawmakers he's eyeing potential criminal charges for foreign aid fraud: report |
| 2025-03-06 |
| [FoxNews] Marocco has been tasked by Trump with dismantling the agency responsible for administering foreign aid The acting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told congressional lawmakers Wednesday his staff was preparing potential criminal referrals against those who misused taxpayer dollars intended for foreign development programs. The New York Times said Peter Marocco made his remarks while speaking with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a closed-door meeting. An internal review is in its early stages, but members of Marocco's team believe they've uncovered a pattern of illegal activity at the agency, which serves as the main component used by the United States to deliver foreign aid. Marocco has been tasked by President Donald Trump with dismantling USAID and told lawmakers he was looking at contracts and grants awarded by the agency. Much of the money given by USAID is supposed to promote stability and economic growth and supply humanitarian assistance in fragile regions. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request to block a lower court's order for the administration to make nearly $2 billion in USAID payments, delivering a near-term reprieve to international aid groups and contractors seeking payment for previously completed projects. U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., the chairman of the foreign affairs panel, told the Times USAID is structured in such a way that makes accountability difficult. "Mr. Marocco was very clear in exposing the waste that goes on out there and in pointing out the way that many of these programs in state and USAID were designed to not be accountable," he said. USAID was one of the first targets by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is charged with rooting out wasteful spending. Related: USAID: 2025-03-04 FBI Refuses to Release Seth Rich Records on March 10 USAID: 2025-03-05 Nearly 3,000 Yazidis still missing: Official USAID: 2025-03-04 US actions may set polio eradication back, says WHO |
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