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

- Source: WIRED
- Published: 2026-10-27T16:24:34+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.wired.com/story/a-28-year-old-doge-operative-gutted-usaid-hr-had-no-record-of-him-working-there/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/a-28-year-old-doge-operative-gutted-usaid-hr-had-no-record-of-him-work-0ae61c/

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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