Mark Moyar, former director of the U.S. International Development Agency, declared that the agency has a “culture of corruption” that it needs to eradicate.
During an interview with Wednesday Fox News'Jesse Watters, Moyar Explained his experience In USAID depicted in a scandal.
“It's very effective in rebranding things.”
Last week, the efficiency of President Donald Trump's administration, particularly Elon Musk's government, exposed some of the institution's wasted spending. The administration is currently pushing for a complete restructuring to prevent further taxpayer funds from moving towards anti-American initiatives.
Moyar, who began working for USAID in February 2018, explained to Watters that he was fired from his position after attempting to expose corruption within the agency.
He explained that during his orientation with USAID he was asked to take part in the “Privilege Walk.” This is a group exercise designed to visually demonstrate how different forms of privilege and disadvantage affect the outcomes of individuals from different backgrounds.
Each participant starts with the same starting line. When a series of statements are read out loud, participants move forward when the statement is actively applied to their lives, showing some form of privilege or retreating when applied negatively. , which may show disadvantages.
Moyar said employees were assigned an alternative identity for the orientation exercise and he was chosen as “Scandinavian Woman.”
“They read lines like, “I'm discriminated against because of government services,” or “people don't like how I look,” he told Watters. “I ended up close to the front. Indigenous women and male prostitutes of unnecessary pregnancy were on the other end. And we talked about our privileges.”
Moyar explains that USAID is “very effective at rebranding things,” referring to the institution's wasteful spending habits.
As an example, Moyar has been counterargued as a counterterrorist, as agents have launched feminist women's book clubs under the Obama administration and since feminist women are important fighters in the fight against terrorism. He said.
During his time with USAID, Moyar said one of his subordinates tried to report a “criminal conflict of interest.” When he did so, he was informed that most employees did not want to report corruption within the agency.
“They didn't tell me why,” Moyar told Watters. “I later realized it was because you got into a lot of trouble.”
“I was accused of releasing confidential information,” he continued. “They eventually used it to fire me. People who were engaged in corruption now were able to protect their jobs.”
He called the agency's charges “fake” and said he'd been fighting that claim in court for several years.
“There's a culture of corruption that says, “If you criticize corruption, we'll come after you,” Moyar added.
He said USAID historically refused to transfer information to the court or legislature.
Moyar told Watters that Doge is doing a “good job” by revealing unnecessary spending. However, he argued that forensic accountants were needed to expose the depth of the institution's problems.
“These bureaucrats have devised very crafty ways to hide money, so it's probably going to take a long time,” Moyar said.
He noted that Trump's second term administration is already more enthusiastic and efficient about cleaning agencies than Trump's first four years at the White House.
Moyar believes Trump is now using a “heavy approach” in USAID as bureaucrats were able to hide most of the unnecessary spending throughout his first term.
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