USAID to hire lawyers to investigate employees who talked to the press, alleged job posting shows

The U.S. Agency for International Development is trying to hire more lawyers to conduct investigations into employee misconduct, including "unauthorized communications with the media," according to a job posting reviewed by CBS News. 

"Lawyers will be expected to conduct investigations into general employee misconduct, and more specifically violations of various federal government regulations and policies, such as, for example, rules governing unauthorized communications with the media," reads the post, published by a recruiter called Highlight. The American Foreign Service Association, the union representing USAID employees, believes the posting is genuine.

The effort to expand the Trump administration's crackdown on fired employees who speak to the media is the latest wrinkle in an ongoing conflict between the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, and the thousands of federal workers who have been ordered by the roving team to clean out their desks.