Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., told Newsmax Monday he applauds President Donald Trump’s decision to shut down the USAID.
Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after billionaire Elon Musk announced the president agreed with him to close the agency in accordance with the Department of Government Efficiency, which Musk runs.
USAID staffers said they tracked 600 employees who reported being locked out of the agency’s computer systems overnight. Those still in the system received emails in the agency system saying that “at the direction of Agency leadership” the headquarters building “will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, Feb. 3.”
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