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deminks

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Tue Mar 11, 2025, 12:37 PM Mar 11

Ayone in Congress trying to stop illegal destruction of records at USAID? [View all]

Is anyone in Congress marching down to USAID offices and demand a halt to this illegal destruction of government records?[image or embed]— David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) March 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM

https://bsky.app/profile/jeisinger.bsky.social/post/3lk4fse63ss2m

DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:

My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,

"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."

The email came from from the agency's acting executive secretary.

He asked Kel McClanahan, a national security attorney, if this was legal. "No it is not," he said. It breaks the Federal Records Act. "Classified records are still federal records."

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