USAID official orders documents to be shredded and burned, lawsuit filed

(Worthy Insights) – A senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) instructed employees via email to shred and burn documents, according to court documents. USAID’s Acting Executive Secretary, Erica Carr, appointed under the Biden administration in January 2021, sent the email.

Carr thanked workers for their “assistance in clearing our classified safes and personnel documents.”

“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” Carr’s email states. [ Source (Read More…) ]


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