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On March 18, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed the reins of the US Agency for International Development to Jeremy Lewin, a 28-year-old graduate of Harvard Law School and DOGE affiliate. But USAID HR said he was not onboarded.

Internal USAID emails reviewed by WIRED reveal that while Lewin was canceling lifesaving aid programs and terminating thousands of federal employees, he had not signed the paperwork typically required by law to begin work at the agency, despite repeated requests.

Experts, though, say that while Lewin performed the duties of a top USAID leader under the title Rubio handed to him, it isn’t clear that he had the legal authority to do so. In fact, USAID security was unable to issue him an ID card because they had no records of his employment.

Questions about how DOGE affiliates like Lewin stepped into top roles at many federal agencies remain key to dozens of active lawsuits targeting DOGE and the Trump administration over federal workforce reductions, firings, and agency dismantlings.

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