U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) acting executive secretary Erica Carr has sent an email to USAID employees in Washington D.C. to shred and burn documents, reports NBC News:
“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” Carr wrote…
Groups challenging the administration’s plans to shut down USAID filed an emergency motion Tuesday afternoon seeking to stop the document destruction.
“Defendants are, as this motion is being filed, destroying documents with potential pertinence to this litigation,” the motion said.
“Although Plaintiffs do not know at this moment which records are being destroyed, the destruction of records may severely undermine the agency’s ability to function. For example, destruction of records that contain information about the agency’s operations may make it extraordinarily difficult— if not impossible—to recreate and rebuild agency programming” if their lawsuit is successful, the filing said.
The judge presiding over the case, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, did not immediately rule on the request. He ordered both sides to file a status report on the motion by Wednesday morning, along with a proposed schedule on how to proceed.
(Source: NBC News)