Democrats call for Secretary of State Marco Rubio to answer for shakeup at USAID
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined with committee Democrats to demand in a letter that Secretary of State Marco Rubio provide additional information about events at USAID, including reports of DOGE involvement.
"Congress established the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as an independent agency, separate from the Department of State, to ensure that we can deploy development expertise and U.S. foreign assistance quickly, particularly in times of crisis, to meet our national security goals,” wrote the lawmakers. “For this reason, any effort to merge or fold USAID into the Department of State should be, and by law must be, previewed, discussed, and approved by Congress," the Democrats wrote.
The senators are seeking information on the individuals who reportedly accessed USAID headquarters.
"We request an immediate update about the access of USAID’s headquarters, including whether the individuals who accessed the headquarters were authorized to be there and by whom, whether all individuals who accessed classified spaces have active security clearances at the appropriate level, what they were seeking to access, if any PII of American citizens was breached, and whether any review is underway regarding potential unauthorized access to sensitive personnel information and classified materials," they wrote.
-ABC News' Allison Pecorin






