Former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano told Newsmax on Monday that he prefers Congress deciding whether to eliminate the U.S. Agency for International Development but added President Donald Trump has authority to prevent the independent government agency from spending money.
A firestorm has erupted over USAID since Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, has talked about dismantling the agency following Trump’s executive order that paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and USAID.
The Trump administration earlier this month put 60 senior USAID staffers on leave, and then two top security chiefs on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Musk’s DOGE teams. Trump has since named Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting administrator of USAID.
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