Newly-appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin, inset, published a letter vowing to hold to account those who try to sabotage efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk. (Chesnot/Getty Images )
Trump appointed Martin the interim United States attorney for Washington, D.C., shortly following his Jan. 20 inauguration.
Martin's letter comes as Musk takes a hatchet to government agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to rid the departments of what the administration has described as corruption and overspending.
News reports spread this week that Musk's DOGE team includes a group of college-age engineers to help dismantle government overspending and reported corruption, which has sparked some on social media to attack the team, including threatening to dox them, according to a review of some reactions online.
Elon Musk, left, announced in an audio-only message on X overnight on Sunday that "we’re in the process" of "shutting down USAID" and that President Donald Trump reportedly agreed to shutter the agency. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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Musk announced in an audio-only message on X overnight on Sunday that "we’re in the process" of "shutting down USAID" and that Trump reportedly agreed to shutter the agency.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday that he is now serving as acting director of the agency and outlined that its policies need to shift to fall in line with Trump's "America First" mission.
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"USAID is not functioning. It has to be aligned with U.S. policy," he told reporters while in El Salvador. "It needs to be aligned with the national interest of the U.S. They're not a global charity. These are taxpayer dollars. People are asking simple questions. What are they doing with the money? We are spending taxpayers' money. We owe the taxpayers assurances that it furthers our national interest."
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