Former USAID official Mark Moyar says 'corruption' at agency 'subverted' Trump White House

"They apparently just forgot I was in the room," he added. 

While USAID did not officially terminate his employment, Moyar said he was effectively "fired" without due process. He has also alleged that the suspension of his security clearance was a form of retaliation for reporting waste, fraud and abuse within the agency.

Moyar said significant amounts of money were being spent at USAID without the knowledge of political appointees. He described a case from 2019, "more than halfway through the administration," where officials discovered a "big slush fund that none of his political appointees knew about." 

Once it was exposed, they were able to take action, but he emphasized that such issues were widespread across the agency. He also pointed to numerous conflicts of interest, where employees used their positions to benefit private businesses in which they had a stake - something he described as "totally illegal."

Moyar explained that what ultimately led to getting in trouble at the department was reporting an office director who was not only using his role to assist a specific company but was also "the Chairman of the Board of that company." Despite previous reports being made about the misconduct, he said no action was taken. Instead, he said the agency "helped him find employment at another federal agency, the Department of Defense, so he ends up OK."

Moyar added this is part of why such "radical" changes are happening in real time at the USAID, as Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) - the government accountability unit headed by billionaire Elon Musk - effectively shut down the $40 billion agency on Monday.

"So I think we're going to find a great amount of waste, fraud and abuse, especially because the Inspector General, I think, has been asleep at the wheel," Moyar said. "In the weeks and months to come, we're going to hear a lot of horror stories about how USAID has been misusing the money."

Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department, Department of Defense and USAID for comment.

Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.