Destruction of world’s largest humanitarian programme was done without formal authority or official oversight, former USAID employees claim
Elon Musk, leader of the Trump administration’s now-disbanded Department of Government Efficiency, must sit for depositions along with senior State Department officials over their role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Pointing to findings that Musk had made the decision to break up USAID – one of the world’s largest humanitarian programs – despite lacking formal authority or official approval – District Judge Theodore Chuang wrote that there was “no alternative” than for Musk and other officials to provide testimony regarding their decision-making process.
The ruling represents a win for a group of anonymous former USAID employees who are suing Musk, DOGE and State Department officials over the closure.
For just a moment I thought it said ‘deported’. For just that moment, I felt elation like I haven’t known in years.
I’m still hopeful.
Honestly most people don’t even know what “deposed” means and figure it means something bad is going to happen to literally the richest person on Earth and I can’t stop rubbing my temples and letting out beleaguered sighs.
I thought it said dropped… Like a food shipment out of a plane.
Still hopeful.