A Wall Street Journal report on Sunday detailed that Pete Marocco, hired at State less than three months ago to oversee the slashing of contracts at USAID and the significant reductions to its workforce, was told to return his agency badge and laptop late last week after a meeting at the White House.
A senior Trump administration official confirmed Marocco’s departure from the State Department in a statement to the outlet.
“Pete was brought to State with a big mission — to conduct an exhaustive review of every dollar spent on foreign assistance. He conducted that historic task and exposed egregious abuses of taxpayer dollars. We all expect big things are in store for Pete on his next mission,” the senior official said.
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