Source: Fox News
“President Trump has fired the top watchdog for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) — just as details resurfaced that the controversial agency had bankrolled the college education of an al Qaeda terrorist with ties to 9/11 hijackers. Paul Martin, who had served as the inspector general since 2023, was informed by a White House official via email Tuesday that his termination was ‘effective immediately.’ Martin wasn’t given a reason for his firing, a copy of the email shows. The White House wouldn’t comment on his termination. His dismissal came just one day after his office had published a report criticizing Trump’s call to freeze USAID funds …” (02/12/25)