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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1528980)	3/13/2025 2:00:13 PM
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disq.us Court asked to intervene after email tells USAID workers to destroy classified documents WASHINGTON (AP) — A union for U.S. Agency for International Development contractors asked a federal judge Tuesday to intervene in any destruction of classified documents after an email ordered staffers to help burn and shred agency records. Judge Carl Nichols set a Wednesday morning deadline for the plaintiffs and the government to brief him on the issue. A person familiar with the email who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal verified that it was sent to at least some essential personnel. It comes as the Trump administration has been dismantling USAID, cutting off most federal funding and terminating 83% of humanitarian and development programs abroad, pulling all but a few hundred staffers off the job, and shutting down the agency’s Washington headquarters. “Thank you for your assistance in clearing our classified safes and personnel documents” at USAID headquarters in Washington, it begins. It directed staffers to report to work starting Tuesday. “Shred as many documents first,” then stuff remaining classified material into designated bags for burning if the demand on the shredder becomes too great, the email instructed. Staffers were told to write “secret” on the bag with a marker. The State Department did not immediately respond to questions about the email, including whether officials were following the legally required procedures in any destruction of documents.