Musk personally led his team during USAID inspections

Amid the liquidation of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), American billionaire Ilon Musk personally kept in touch with his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees, who played a key role in the event. The Guardian reported on February 8 that.

"These were DOGE guys who were literally on the phone with Musk and just getting instructions from him," the newspaper quoted a USAID official who witnessed the inspections as saying.

Department of State Management officials have been repeatedly criticized because of their actions. The organization has not provided any details about who works there. It is also reported that they often conceal their names "to avoid media attention."

"In addition to more established executives working at DOGE or collaborating with the group, Musk has hired a group of young engineers fresh out of college or high school who have little experience outside of small tech firms. These DOGE employees, who, according to the publication, are between 19 and 25 years old, were at times given tremendous access and power over the federal government," the publication reports.

The Guardian also clarifies that earlier on his social network X, Musk shared a letter sent to him by President Donald Trump's new federal prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., in which he vowed to take "any legal action" against anyone who obstructs Musk's work or threatens his team, including trying to identify DOGE employees.

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Earlier on Feb. 5, Musk's team broke into a secure USAID vault containing classified documents. It was reported that to get into the closed territory of DOGE employees helped personally Ilon Musk, who received a call from one of the employees of the organization.

On February 3, billionaire Ilon Musk announced the launch of the process of liquidation of USAID. Also, the entrepreneur said that the agency is not recoverable and it is necessary to get rid of it.

At the same time, US President Donald Trump called the heads of USAID radical madmen. In a conversation with journalists, he said that his administration will decide on the future of the agency.

On January 20, the White House website published Trump's executive order on suspending Washington's development aid to other countries for 90 days. Later, on January 25, Reuters reported that USAID froze programs to support foreign countries, including Ukraine, after a State Department dispatch approved by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.