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A 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working There

WIRED · Oct 27, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC

Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

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A 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working There

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