Politico appears to be committing what Jill Savage calls “the random act of journalism.”
In a recent article titled “USAID officials tell staff: shred and burn your documents.” The outlet is spreading the words that USAID official Erika Kerr had instructed staff to destroy the documents. Many of them contain sensitive information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mymb0etj1a
According to a Politico report, Carr's emails included the following emails: “Shredded a lot of documents first and reserve a burn bag when Shredder becomes unavailable or when you need a break.”
“I'm not a legal expert right now, but I don't think this is what you should be doing right now,” says Jill.
“My understanding is that if you are issuing such an order, you are in serious legal danger,” said Christopher Bedford, senior political editor at Blaze News and Washington correspondent. “Forensic investigators can find many of these documents, and then you have the worst world of both… the cover-up and the original document itself.”
“Who are they working with? What are they trying to hide?” he asks.
Matthew Peterson, co-host of Blaze News Editor in Chiefo and “Blaze News Tonight,” wants to see “a lot of action” when it comes to this massive shredding effort at USAID.
For more information about the scandal, see the episode above.
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