Mariane Angela
Former American agency for international development (USAID) The director appeared on Wednesday at Fox News to reveal the details of what he said are the wrongly used agency resources and deeply rooted corruption.
From the early days of Trump’s administration, former director Mark Moyar, who took office in February 2018, toldIn “Jesse Watters Primetime”, what he said that the agency culture plunged into inefficiency and abuse, starting with an unconventional landmarks, which meant him as a Scandinavian woman in a “privilege walk”. This exercise, which is to emphasize the system privileges and flaws, instead was an introduction to the deeper problems harassing USAID.
“So I got there in February and we have a so -called walk of privileges as part of the orientation in which you get identity and I was a Scandinavian woman. And so, when they read them, they read lines such as: you know, I am discriminated against because of government services or people do not see how I look – said Moyar Watters. “So you took a step forward if it came out, and if not. And so I finished near the front, and a native woman with, you know, unwanted pregnancy and a male prostitute were at the other end, and then we talked about our privileges. “
The former director described how, under the guise of national interests and counteracting terrorism, USAID changed initiatives that superficial adapt to the goals of the first Trump administration.
“They are very effective in rebranding things. So there were priorities in Trump’s first administration [to] Support national interests as they are now. Another thing was to counteract terrorism and promote independence. So I went to the country to set one example, they had a feminist book of women’s books for women, which was founded under Obama’s administration, and then said that this is a counter -terror program, because feminist women are key warriors in the fight against the fight against terrorism – said Moyar, When asked about how the agency hides projects.
The director’s term in USAID was marked by his attempts to combat these problems. He said he had reported a subordinate for a criminal conflict of interest. However, the answer was discouraging.
“The first discouraging sign was that I was told:” Well, you know, it’s nice that you want to do it. Most people here do not want to report corruption. Now they didn’t tell me why. Later I realized that it was because you have a lot of trouble. So I was accused of publishing classified information and something that I wrote two years earlier, which was never subjected to any earlier question, “said Moyar. “They finally used it to snail-paced down me. Now people involved in corruption have managed to keep their job. And so is the culture of corruption, which says: If you intend to criticize something corrupt, we will come for you. “
Moyar also discussed what he said that it was a trend in USAID where the accountability is often bypassed and transparency is hard.
“So they finally released me based on this false accusation. And I have been to court for the last three years, trying to force them to convey facts. And this is, of course, what we saw, for example, with many matters with Senator Ernst. They refuse to provide information to courts or members of the congress. And that’s why people are fed up – added Moyar.
Then Moyar discussed the efforts of the government department in favor of USAID restructuring.
“From what I have seen so far, they seem to do a good job. I think you will have to enter a criminal accountant there. And it will probably take a lot of time, because these bureaucrats have developed very clever ways to hide their money, “Moyar added.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk disturbed USAID on Monday, closing its office and declaring the upcoming closing of the agency. After Musk announced in the chat x Spaces that he and Trump decided to close USAID, the administration instructed employees from the Ronald Reagan building at the agency to Teelork. Until Monday afternoon, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio entered as a director. Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst he said USEID members hindered and even threatened her attempts to supervise the way the agency distributes money.
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Mariane Angela is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Picture “Mark Moyar” by Fox News / Jesse Watters Primetime.
