Trump appointee Pete Marocco hands control of USAID to DOGE official

A top official for the U.S. Agency for International Development said he's handing control of the depleted agency to an official with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Pete Marocco, the USAID acting deputy administrator who executed the dismantling of the U.S. foreign aid agency, sent an internal email to a number of colleagues Tuesday notifying them that the agency is now "under control, accountable and stable."

In his email, which was obtained from multiple sources by CBS News, Marocco said he'd return to his post as director of the State Department's Foreign Assistance bureau and that he is now handing over Secretary of State and Acting USAID Administrator Marco Rubio's authority over the foreign aid agency to DOGE official Jeremy Lewin. According to the Associated Press, Lewin has worked on the DOGE cost-slashing efforts led by Elon Musk at USAID and other federal agencies.