Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAid: ‘He’s a destroyer’

Campaign ally sowed trail of enmity during first Trump presidency and allegedly was present at January 6 riot

The Trump administration's evisceration of US overseas aid has been presided over by a campaign ally who sowed a trail of enmity at multiple agencies during the first Trump presidency and has been publicly identified as allegedly having been present at the January 6 insurrection when rioters stormed the US Capitol.

Peter Marocco has accumulated power in the office of foreign assistance, informally called F", that traditionally has helped coordinate US foreign aid programs. But under Marocco, it has enforced a full-scale freeze on overseas aid and a stop-work order that has in effect halted operations and already led to hundreds of layoffs in the United States and overseas.