Former USAID official Mark Moyar has raised concerns about the agency’s direction under the Biden administration, citing corruption, inefficiency, and political bias.
Moyar, who served at USAID between 2018 and 2019, told Fox News that systemic issues within the agency under Biden and then-director Samantha Power have worsened, leading to wasteful spending and a departure from its core mission.
“They were actually funding DEI events all over the world, you know, DEI comic books or DEI workshops and so I think this can only undermine our image abroad because most people outside of this country recognized DEI for the silliness that it is and the divisiveness that it causes,” Moyar told Fox News.
“We also saw this as well with women’s empowerment that everything for Samantha Power had to be viewed through a gendered lens,” he added.
“So you had all these gender consultants as well as DEI consultants taking huge amounts of taxpayer money to do this sort of analysis. And I don’t think they really have anything to show for it.”
Moyar also pointed to instances where significant funds were allocated without political appointees’ knowledge, suggesting a lack of oversight and transparency. Moyar asserts that such practices have continued under Biden’s leadership, further eroding the agency’s effectiveness.
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