Seth Klamann is a statehouse reporter at the Denver Post, covering policy, state government and the legislature. He previously worked for the Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. He's a graduate of the University of Missouri and a proud Kansas City native.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, from left, then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and then-Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024. and access sensitive federal data in recent days, calling the efforts by the “unelected billionaire” unlawful and pledging to take action to curb it.
USAID, which accounts for less than 1% of the federal budget, provides aid overseas to fund education and fight starvation and disease. Staff members — as well as federal lawmakers —Trump has accused the agency of fraud, without providing any evidence. U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, who represents Aurora and several southern Denver suburbs in Congress, told reporters at a local event Monday that Trump didn’t have the authority to shutter USAID.
“I can’t sugarcoat how bad the situation really is,” DeGette told Denver councilmembers. Later, in a statement issued by her office, she said Trump was “letting Elon Musk run rampant.”“This is an unprecedented abuse of power by a dangerous, unelected and unhinged person,” she said in a follow-up statement sent by her office. “Nobody voted for Elon Musk, and neither he nor anyone he deputizes have any business anywhere near sensitive personal information about Americans or federal workers.
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