{"id":2402436,"date":"2025-02-13T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T21:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usaid-employees-sue-elon-musk-for-lacking-officer-status\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T21:23:31","slug":"usaid-employees-sue-elon-musk-for-lacking-officer-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usaid-employees-sue-elon-musk-for-lacking-officer-status\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID employees sue Elon Musk for lacking \u2018Officer\u2019 status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusaid-employees-sue-elon-musk-for-lacking-officer-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former and current\u2062 employees of the U.S.\u200b Agency for International Progress (USAID)\u200d have\u200b filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk, claiming \u200dhe exerts significant governmental\u200d influence \u200dwithout being formally\u200d appointed to his \u200crole. Musk currently leads the newly established Department of \u2063Government Efficiency, having recently shut down \u2063USAIDS headquarters, which has raised concerns for employees about their job security. \u2062The lawsuit invokes the Constitution\u2019s \u2063Appointments\u2062 Clause, arguing that only officially appointed officers can perform\u2062 certain government actions, and critiques musk&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-says-wallstreetbets-might-be-russian-disruptors\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Says WallStreetBets Might Be \u2018Russian Disruptors\u2019\">unprecedented level<\/a> of power. The case has gained attention as a \u2064federal judge \u200bissued a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">temporary order protecting \u200c2<\/a>,200 USAID employees from being \u2063placed on leave while the lawsuit is \u200bpending. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is overseeing efforts to integrate USAID&#8217;s functions into other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabriella-hoffman-thats-so-swampy-ron-klains-wife-gets-new-environmental-envoy-role\/\" title=\"Gabriella Hoffman: That\u2019s So Swampy: Ron Klain\u2019s Wife Gets New Environmental Envoy ...\">governmental departments<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">USAID employees file lawsuit against Elon Musk for lacking &lsquo;officer&rsquo; status<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1993118\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former and current employees with the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usaid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a>&nbsp;are suing <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> for wielding &ldquo;significant governmental&rdquo; influence without being nominated to his position.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk is the volunteer head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>, a brand new position in a brand new department created by President Donald Trump. Musk shut the&nbsp;USAID&nbsp;headquarters down last week and it will remain so until further notice, prompting the lawsuit from employees whose jobs hang in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>The employees are citing the Constitution&rsquo;s Appointments Clause in their suit to dispute Musk&rsquo;s actions over the agency. This clause details that certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-hochul-declares-disaster-emergency-as-omicron-coronavirus-variant-takes-focus\/\" title=\"NY Gov Hochul Declares \u2018Disaster Emergency\u2019 As Omicron Coronavirus Variant Takes Focus\">governmental actions<\/a> are &ldquo;exercised only by persons who are &lsquo;Officers of the United States&rsquo;&rdquo; and are most often nominated to their positions by the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In his government role, Defendant Musk exercises an extraordinary amount of power. Indeed, the scope and reach of his executive authority appears unprecedented in U.S. history,&rdquo; the lawsuit reads.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has not publicly commented on the lawsuit as of Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All DOGE did was check to see which federal organizations were violating the POTUS executive orders the most. Turned out to be USAID, so that became our focus,&rdquo; Musk wrote on X earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This lawsuit comes just as U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3314571\/federal-judge-shields-2200-usaid-employees-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"limited order\">limited order<\/a> to protect the 2,200 current USAID employees from being placed on leave until the case is reviewed in court. Nichols held the first hearing on Thursday regarding the case.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio is currently the acting administrator for USAID. Rubio explained that he is working to configure how to &ldquo;absorb certain bureaus, offices, and missions&rdquo; of the agency into the State Department and other branches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1993118\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1993118\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USAID staff sue Elon Musk for exercising power without official status<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2402437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/musk-inauguraiton.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32192,50127,4585,50361,16381],"class_list":["post-2402436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elon-musk","tag-employment-rights","tag-lawsuit","tag-officer-status","tag-usaid"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/musk-inauguraiton.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402440,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402436\/revisions\/2402440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}