Ex-USAID director confirms 'culture of corruption' within agency

Posted on 2/7/25 at 9:08 am

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Posted on 2/7/25 at 9:08 am

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Mark Moyar, a former director of the United States Agency for International Development, declared that the government agency has a "culture of corruption" that needs to be rooted out.

During a Wednesday interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters, Moyar described his experiences at the scandal-plagued USAID.

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Moyar, who began working at USAID in February 2018, explained to Watters that he was fired from his position after he tried to expose corruption within the agency.

He explained that during his orientation with USAID, he was asked to participate in a "privilege walk," a group exercise designed to visually demonstrate how various forms of privilege or disadvantage impact the life outcomes of individuals from different backgrounds.

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Moyar explained that USAID is "very effective at rebranding things," referring to the agency's wasteful spending habits.

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During his time with USAID, Moyar said he tried to report one of his subordinates for a "criminal conflict of interest." When he did so, he was informed that most employees were unwilling to report corruption within the agency.

"They didn't tell me why," Moyar told Watters. "I later figured out it's because you get in a lot of trouble."

"I was accused of publishing classified information," he continued. "They ultimately used that to fire me. Now, the people who were engaged in the corruption managed to hold on to their jobs."

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Moyar told Watters that the DOGE is doing a "good job" uncovering wasteful spending. However, he contended that exposing the depth of the agency's issues would require forensic accountants.

"It's probably going to take a long time because these bureaucrats have devised very crafty ways to hide money," Moyar said.

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Moyar believes Trump is now using a more "heavy-handed approach" with USAID because bureaucrats managed to hide most of the wasteful spending through his first term.