Posted on 03/14/2025 2:03:22 PM PDT by Beave Meister
A federal judge refused Friday to block the destruction of classified documents as part of the building cleanout at the U.S. Agency for International Development, finding that records slated for shredding or burning are old or no longer needed.
The documents don’t appear to be related to the ongoing court battles over the near-dismantling of USAID by the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols found as he refused to grant a temporary restraining order.
The cases come as the Trump administration dismantles USAID, cutting off most federal money and terminating 83% of the programs abroad. All but a few hundred staffers are being pulled off the job and the agency’s Washington headquarters is being shut down. Those remaining bureaucrats were ordered earlier this week to get rid of classified safes and personnel documents from its D.C. headquarters.
“The only labeling required on the burn bags are the words ‘SECRET’ and ‘USAID/B/IO)’ in dark sharpie if possible,” an internal USAID email stated, instructing staffers to request for burn bags or sharpie if necessary.
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What if Trump started relocating government departmental headquarters outside of DC court’s jurisdiction; A judge rules and Trump moves. Decentralizing the goverment’s executive power structures would be a ‘shot across the bow’ of the deep state and perhaps focus attention on doing their job without politics.
Excellent observation.
When I was looking around for employment the other year, the positions at USAID required either SECRET or TOP SECRET security clearances. It seems a little odd, considering the organization is supposed to be just cookie pushers. What's in the cookies? /s
THAT JUDGE IS OUT OF HIS/HER LANE AND LOST IN EXTRA-CONSTITUTIONAL SPACE.
BAN THAT JUDGE FROM USING ALL U.S. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, PROPERTIES, FORMS OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.
-PJ
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