Tracking the fallout Trump’s foreign aid freeze — and the countless program cancellations that followed — have left unprecedented levels of food, medicine, and commodities *far from those they were intended to reach*. Now, USAID <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZLidQ7eEWwvYXj60N5QtNBX6lfLQxKbPbe8k-eT21C-o5u19NaKcfS_1SIdzIgFl39q9YyMs=>’s oversight office is trying to understand where those assets are <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZLidQ7ZX87Kc75PDVEJiFAT9J5RlVr_oKpiKUOWCgauyxt3eIu86pJLATEOteK02J0VJnkwY=> — and whether they’ve been looted, wasted, or seized by terrorists once the Trump administration cancelled USAID awards.
“The audit objective is *to determine the status of USAID-funded physical assets* procured under selected awards,” wrote Gabriele Tonsil, the acting assistant inspector general of USAID’s oversight agency, in a memorandum on Tuesday. “As part of this effort, we intend to produce a listing of assets that require attention for proper accounting, transfer, and disposition.” Tonsil told Peter Marocco, the acting deputy administrator of USAID, that her office will need a list of USAID awards terminated between Jan. 20 and March 11, along with a list of personnel in each region *to help them track assets and perform the audit*. Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the number of terminated awards was at 5,200 <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POo8HNH4qA6QBf2b2qD0apMeBXMO326iPVvKmEd36iRU6MzMF4gKzVql4kYJU9ha0hLQZhGV8-e5CE_ziWtYyfSU3l2wbQ6ZY2S6h8rl2goZdtQ7uUnFFJR71R_h0Mhc_-6tJQlOYgEoMQhhOKkHM2k1wRKSHjkdgt4ay2sIJ7BWJTaeirO4Nh-dCcO-fAZ9aL4BHzr8Fq7H3iXy0Ccwse3YCKWDf-8il-T21oFImL8S2zHbbUM3O8Vv2hFWR_hstcC2bvsSrrS1jZZ5OUYfDIeQ=/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZLidQ7W-m-zEKbTjYO45vfRDMVaXVZFcC2ana0aKov_cBsufHB86YI1XKfh6rtSbIqq-55cI=> — an elimination of 83% of the agency’s work, my colleague Elissa Miolene tells me. “Assets included in this audit may include real property, vehicles, and equipment as well as warehoused inventory like food and medicine,” Tonsil added. Last time Tonsil’s team — the Office of Inspector General — *released a report critical of the Trump administration’s funding aid freeze*, the head of the OIG was fired via email <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POlEl9RSRUZlYbrmNpaBWzbMJ3rbDvLoEEjbHYktpLgedWTm2bKKJneIU94VwwRjJGdmiLwbv1TOJy7F5Mep_xn-nEyXZh3AF08BTgFVV7FGXFXxEohUnQA7yqt1dwuv5tKg__MEBqzvr7Mi8odG5LMg7x9qmJBXIXuGbYykx9xIstQemhGI-24TYK3AUzC6a5r5W_u6bofGePXWtRCefUrVXarXZOhgWxNAs9B725aV8/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZLidQ7W-m-zEKbTjYO45vfRDMVaXVZFcC2ana0aKov_cBsufHB86YI1XKfh6rtSbIqq-55cI=> with “no reason given,” according to an official familiar with the situation. *ICYMI:* Remaining USAID programs now under State Department, 5,200 programs canceled <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POo8HNH4qA6QBf2b2qD0apMeBXMO326iPVvKmEd36iRU6MzMF4gKzVql4kYJU9ha0hLQZhGV8-e5CE_ziWtYyfSU3l2wbQ6ZY2S6h8rl2goZdtQ7uUnFFJR71R_h0Mhc_-6tJQlOYgEoMQhhOKkHM2k1wRKSHjkdgt4ay2sIJ7BWJTaeirO4Nh-dCcO-fAZ9aL4BHzr8Fq7H3iXy0Ccwse3YCKWDf-8il-T21oFImL8S2ew2mRb2VoWXaYXGv5PN9MrNMg-nPg-TL8LICxIF2oNo=/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZLidQ7W-m-zEKbTjYO45vfRDMVaXVZFcC2ana0aKov_cBsufHB86YI1XKfh6rtSbIqq-55cI=> *See also:* USAID’s inspector general fired with ‘no reason given’ <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POlEl9RSRUZlYbrmNpaBWzbMJ3rbDvLoEEjbHYktpLgedWTm2bKKJneIU94VwwRjJGdmiLwbv1TOJy7F5Mep_xn-nEyXZh3AF08BTgFVV7FGXFXxEohUnQA7yqt1dwuv5tKg__MEBqzvr7Mi8odG5LMg7x9qmJBXIXuGbYykx9xIstQemhGI-24TYK3AUzC6a5r5W_u6bofGePXWtRCefUrUiJxdCAOlaj3CMiulNpqUq/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZLidQ7W-m-zEKbTjYO45vfRDMVaXVZFcC2ana0aKov_cBsufHB86YI1XKfh6rtSbIqq-55cI=>
