Elon Musk’s attempt to unilaterally dismantle the United States Agency for International Development probably violated the Constitution of the United States, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
The US District Judge, Theodore Chuang, ordered Musk and his government efficiency department to give USAID employees access to their “email, payment, security notification and all other electronic systems”, and ordered a break about any effort to close Usaid.
Judge Chuang wrote that the acquisition of Musk “usurped the authority of the public’s chosen representatives in Congress to make decisions about whether, when and how to eliminate a federal government agency, and the United States officers appointed under the Constitution to exercise authority to them.”
Although Judge Chuang rebuked Musk’s role within the Trump administration, the exact implications of the decision on USAID operations are not clear.
Lane Pollack, Centro, Rockville, Maryland, a senior learning advisor in USAID for 14 years, is comforted by a co -worker after having 15 minutes to eliminate her belongings from the USAID headquarters, on Friday, February 28, 2025, in Washington. (Photo AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Dege and Musk were also ordered to submit a written agreement within two weeks
The foreign aid agency was among the first government agencies that Dogs reduced in its effort to climb or dismantle much of the federal government. The Trump administration has fired thousands of employees, revoked funds for more than 80% of its programs and threw its headquarters in Washington, DC.
Trump administration critics say their efforts to annul the agency will paralyze US influence abroad and will have devastating effects for some of the most vulnerable populations in the world, which are based on funds from the United States for medical care, food and other basic needs.