Summary
A federal judge blocked Trump from shutting down the U.S. Africa Development Foundation (USADF) after DOGE staffers and U.S. marshals attempted to take over their offices in a confrontation described as “traumatizing.”
USADF President Ward Brehm filed a lawsuit arguing that DOGE’s actions violate federal law, as the agency can only be dissolved by Congress.
The attempted shutdown follows a February executive order targeting several foreign assistance agencies.
The White House called Brehm as a “rogue bureaucrat.” A permanent injunction is being sought.
From the article,
A White House spokesperson, Anna Kelly, referred to Brehm in a statement as an “entitled, rogue bureaucrat” and claimed he has “no authority to defy executive orders by the president of the United States or physically bar his representatives from entering the agencies they run.”
It didn’t sit right with me reading the summary saying “The White House called Brehm an [etc, etc]” without the name of the person who said it.
Anna Kelly, a rogue bureaucrat carrying out an illegal coup
Good job staff. Thank god someone is fighting.
Using the US Marshalls as an enforcement arm of an unelected billionaire is terrifying
After first attempting to gain access to the UDSADF offices on Wednesday—an effort that was blocked by about 30 agency employees—DOGE staffers returned to the agency on Thursday at about 10:30 am, accompanied by Pete Marocco, director of the State Department Office of Foreign Assistance, and five U.S. marshals.
“When USADF learned that DOGE was there to kill the agency, USADF staff refused DOGE access to cancel all grants and contracts,” read the complaint.
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doge cant dissolve any government agency there purpose is to find and report waste and fraud its up to the controlling government to act on recommendations i say find the wast find the fraud
Why did they fire all the Inspector Generals and didn’t hire a single forensic accountant if their team then?
I have a lovely bridge for sale. For you a special price!
Sure, DOGE may not be able to dissolve an agency, but dry anything up from its funding and workforce and you won’t have anything left!
Next to that, who runs that ‘controlling government’? Oh look, it’s Musky’s friend The Donald. I’m sure he’s going to be completely impartial!
Also, there was already a governmental agency that looked into “waste” and “fraud” called GAO: https://www.gao.gov/ , you didn’t need “DOGE” for that.
And on top that, DOGE is only gutting those departments that either doesn’t bring Musk any money (like who needs the Department of Education, right?), or were actively investigating Musk’s companies.
