"After the Trump administration upended the world’s largest foreign aid provider last year...

Congress said no. Lawmakers... have oversight of... USAID... They also insisted on regular, detailed reports about how the administration was spending the money.

Now, eight months into the fiscal year, Trump officials are failing to follow many of those orders... And when lawmakers have asked about their actions, officials often have not responded."

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defying-congress-foreign-aid-usaid-vought-rubio-constitutional-crisis

#Contempt #Subversion

“A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid

Lawmakers gave specific orders to Trump officials on foreign aid spending, but officials have refused to follow many of them — likely in violation of the law, experts say. In doing so, they’re escalating a constitutional crisis.

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