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USAID officials put on leave as Elon Musk says time for agency to ‘die’

Elon Musk speaks at an indoor presidential inauguration parade event in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025 [Matt Rourke/AP Photo]

Elon Musk has declared that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) should “die” amid reports that two top security officials at the aid agency were put on leave for refusing his representatives access to classified materials.

Musk, who was appointed by US President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), on Monday branded USAID a “criminal organisation” after security officials reportedly denied members of his cost-cutting task force access to restricted areas of the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

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