Trump Fires USAID Watchdog Who Issued Oversight Warning

Donald Trump Fires USAID Watchdog Who Issued Oversight Warning
The firing comes after the watchdog warned that the dismantling of USAID severely hindered oversight of $8.2 billion in aid.
Billions in unspent aid lacks oversight after Trump targets USAID, watchdog warns
The administration’s fast-moving dismantling of the agency has left oversight of the aid “largely nonoperational,” USAID’s inspector general’s office said. That includes a greatly reduced ability to ensure that no assistance falls into the hands of violent extremist groups or goes astray in unstable regions or conflict zones, the watchdog said.
Watchdog warns Trump's gutting of USAID leaves $8.2 billion unspent aid with no oversight
The Trump administration's move to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has crippled the agency's ability to conduct any proper oversight of unspent aid worth $8.2 billion, an independent government watchdog said on Monday.
White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding oversight, officials say
The decision comes a day after the watchdog’s office warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID had made it impossible to monitor $8.2 billion in humanitarian funds.
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