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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

USAID inspector fired after revealing nearly $500m in food aid was about to spoil amid Trump funding freeze

The inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development was fired on Tuesday – one day after his office issued a critical report warning that nearly $500 million in food was about to go bad due to President Donald Trump’s freeze on the agency.

Paul Martin, who had been appointed inspector general for the agency by former president Joe Biden in 2023, was informed by email from the Office of Presidential Personnel that his position was terminated “effective immediately.”

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