The Biden-era deep state is up to its old tricks again, but this time, they’re literally burning the evidence. A bombshell report reveals that top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ordered staff to shred and burn classified and personal documents, sparking serious legal and ethical concerns.
According to an internal email obtained by The New York Times, acting USAID executive secretary Erica Y. Carr explicitly instructed employees to destroy records, even giving them a step-by-step guide: shred first, burn later. The agency’s leadership did not clarify what was being destroyed or why this sudden urgency arose, but one thing is crystal clear—this isn’t the behavior of an administration with nothing to hide.
Federal law is explicit when it comes to the preservation of government documents. The Federal Records Act of 1950 mandates that no government employee can destroy official records without approval from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Yet, USAID seems to have thrown transparency, accountability, and the rule of law right into the shredder.
Why would an agency with deep ties to intelligence operations and foreign influence suddenly decide to start vaporizing records? The timing is incredibly suspicious, especially as President Trump has been cleaning house, terminating government employees involved in questionable foreign dealings and politically motivated grants.
Even the American Foreign Service Association, a union representing U.S. diplomats, is sounding the alarm. They warned USAID employees that participating in the destruction of government records could carry legal consequences, particularly if the records pertain to court cases, intelligence operations, or shady financial dealings from the previous administration.
Make no mistake—this is not a simple clerical clean-up. This is a desperate attempt by deep-state bureaucrats to cover their tracks before Trump’s DOJ comes knocking. This is what corruption looks like in real time. If there’s nothing to hide, why destroy the evidence?
