Trump Administration FIRES USAID Inspector General

USAID Inspector General Paul Martin, you’re fired!

The White House has just officially dismissed the Inspector General of USAID.

This move comes days after Martin published a report condemning President Trump’s foreign aid freeze.

Take a look:

🚨BREAKING: The Trump Administration just fired the USAID Inspector General, Paul Martin. pic.twitter.com/wRM2SMUKIB

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 11, 2025

JUST IN: The USAID Inspector General just got fired.

Truly beautiful. pic.twitter.com/zinifR5h4c

— George (@BehizyTweets) February 11, 2025

🚨JUST ANNOUNCED: The President of the United States Donald J. Trump just fired the USAID Inspector General Paul Martin. You're fired! pic.twitter.com/po76tT7Wef

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) February 12, 2025

Somewhat surprisingly, the removal of Paul Martin from the role came directly from the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, rather than acting USAID administrator Marco Rubio.

In other words, President Trump continues to clean house…

Per Fox News:

The White House has fired the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Fox News has learned.

USAID Inspector General Paul Martin was fired Tuesday, though rather than coming from USAID acting administrator and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the firing reportedly came from the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.

The dismissal comes days after the USAID inspector general published a report that was critical of the Trump administration’s pause on aid.

It also comes a day after USAID warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID had made it all but impossible to monitor $8.2 billion in humanitarian funds.

The Hill added some more details on the context of Martin’s firing:

President Trump’s White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday, a day after the watchdog office issued a report that was critical of the foreign assistance freeze, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill.

USAID’s Inspector General Paul Martin was reportedly fired around 6 p.m. local time. No reason was given for his termination, the source added.

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Martin’s office published a 6-page report on Monday outlining how the recent State Department’s pause on foreign assistance programs and cutting down the USAID’s staff created “risks and challenges to the safeguarding and distribution of USAID’s $8.2 billion in obligated but undisbursed humanitarian assistance.”

“Specifically, USAID’s existing oversight controls—albeit with previously identified shortcomings—are now largely nonoperational given these recent directives and personnel actions,” the office wrote in the report.