In a closed-door briefing to some members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Peter Marocco, director of the State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance and USAID’s deputy administrator-designate, told lawmakers he was contemplating taking the legal action, multiple sources confirmed to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday.
“It was a brief mention of, yes, they are considering referrals to DOJ,” Rep. Keith Self (R-TX), who was in the briefing, told the Washington Examiner. “There were no specifics.”
Marocco did not provide information on whether it was regarding USAID employees or funding recipients, according to Self.
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“If they’re telling members of Congress that they are even considering a referral, I would think they’ve got a pretty good case or they think they’ve got a pretty good case,”
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