U.S. Congressman Scott Perry has accused the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) of funding terrorist groups, including Boko Haram.
Perry made these allegations during the first meeting of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Thursday.
“Who gets some of that money? Does that name ring a bell to anybody in the room? Because your money, your money, $697 million annually, plus the shipments of cash funds in Madrasas, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, ISIS Khorasan, terrorist training camps. That’s what it’s funding,” Perry said.
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He also claimed that USAID allocated $136 million to build 120 schools in Pakistan, but there is “zero evidence” that the schools were actually built.
“USAID spent $840 million in the last year, the last 20 years, on Pakistan’s education-related programme. It includes $136 million to build 120 schools, of which there is zero evidence that any of them were built. Why would there be any evidence? The Inspector General can’t get in to see them.“
Elon Musk Criticizes USAID, Calls for Agency Shutdown
President Donald Trump has previously called for the dissolution of USAID, accusing the agency of corruption.
Elon Musk, whom Trump appointed to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has also voiced criticism of USAID, alleging that it conducts rogue activities.
Musk has described USAID as “a viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who despise America” and has promised to close it down.
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Among his other accusations, Musk has suggested that USAID engages in “rogue CIA work” and has even “funded bioweapon research, including COVID-19, which resulted in the deaths of millions“.
Trump stated that DOGE would “dismantle government bureaucracy, reduce excessive regulations, eliminate wasteful spending, and reorganise federal agencies — crucial to the ‘Save America’ initiative. This will create significant disruptions within the system, affecting many who are tied to government waste!”
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