A former Trump appointee accused of participating in the January 6th Capitol riot will lead the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) after a controversial decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Marocco, who was ousted from various government positions during Trump's first term for clashing with colleagues and allegedly leveraging his position for personal gain, is being criticized for his past actions and his appointment raises concerns about his suitability for the role.
has agreed to shut it down, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the agency will be absorbed by theto take over USAID . Marocco , a former Trump appointee and longtime critic of USAID , was pushed out of the agency during Trump ’s first term. He also was allegedly photographed storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. , in 2023 “online sleuths who aided the FBI in cases against hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters identified Marocco and his now-wife as being among the rioters who stormed the Capitol in 2021.
Marocco isn’t the only questionable Trump loyalist Rubio has brought into the State Department in the past few days. Earlier this week, Semafor reported that disgraced former White House speechwriter Darren Beattie would beBeattie, who was fired from the White House in 2016 after attending a white nationalist conference, has a long history of making racist statements on his social media.
While Marocco was allegedly participating in the riot on Jan. 6, Beattie was tweeting at prominent Black political figures and commentators that it was time for them to “learn” their “place” and “bend the knee to MAGA.” , in October 2021, Beattie mocked the very agency he has now been appointed to. “Imagine having respect for the State Department,” he wrote.
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