Judicial Watch Sues USAID for Records on Ukraine Aid Waste, Fraud and Abuse
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for records regarding waste, fraud and abuse tied to aid money sent to Ukraine (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Agency for International Development (No. 1:25-cv-00508)).
Judicial Watch’s FOIA requests include a demand records of USAID’s then-Administrator Samantha Power and others regarding:
1) any reported allegations of sexual exploitation, abuse or trafficking of migrants fleeing Ukraine and / or receiving assistance from USAID inside Ukraine.
2) any third-party monitoring contractors or NGOs reporting potential fraud associated with USAID aid to Ukraine.
3) any reported allegations of Direct Cash Assistance Program fraud or attempts to conduct cash transactions in Russian Rubles associated with USAID aid to Ukraine.
4) any USAID-branded commodities appearing for sale in open markets or outside of response activities in Ukraine.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-sues-usaid/
