The Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development was fired on Tuesday, said a USAID official, a day after his office published a critical report on the Trump administration effort to eliminate the agency.
Paul Martin had served as the agency's inspector general, a position that required confirmation of the United States Senate, since December 2023.
The USAID official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss delicate issues, said Martin was “retired from his position.”
Martin was informed by a Trent Morse email, deputy director of the presidential personnel office. Morse told Martin that his position as Usaid inspector was dismissed “Effective immediately,” he showed a copy of the email.
No reason was provided. The White House had no comment.
The Inspector General's office published a report on Monday that said the Trump administration movement to dismantle USAID has paralyzed its ability to perform a help of help not spent for a value of $ 8.2 billion.
The report says that staff cuts and stop orders have hindered the guarantee that taxpayers financed ends in the hands of those planned.
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Hundreds of USAID programs worldwide represent thousands of dollars of US assistance were arrested after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered a freezing in most foreign aid in the United States, saying that he wanted to make sure he was aligned with his “America First” policy. .
Trump called “incompetent and corrupt” on Tuesday, since he commissioned billionaire Elon Musk to climb the agency, which had more than 10,000 employees at home and abroad before everyone, but just over 600, I put a license or fired.
The Trump administration last week took measures to put the majority of the USAID workforce with administrative license, but the measure was blocked by a judge on Friday.
In fiscal year 2023, the United States disbursed $ 72 billion worldwide on initiatives that include women's health in conflict areas, access to clean water, HIV/AIDS treatments, energy security and anti -corruption work. Provided 42% of all humanitarian aid tracked by the United Nations in 2024.
The financing, less than 1% of the federal budget of the United States, has been historically justified as fundamental for Washington's efforts to build alliances worldwide, reinforce diplomacy and counteract the influence of adversaries such as China and Russia in the world in development.
–To Humeyra Pamuk; Write by Jasper Ward; Nandita Bose additional reports; Cynthia Osterman edition