Colorado Democrats call recent actions by Elon Musk, President Trump illegal as Boebert cheers USAID gutting

As the billionaire adviser attempts to slash government spending, state’s members of Congress react

Colorado’s congressional Democrats criticized Elon Musk’s efforts to gut the U.S. government’s foreign aid agency and access sensitive federal data in recent days, calling the efforts by the “unelected billionaire” unlawful and pledging to take action to curb it.

“These actions are dangerous, reckless and unlawful,” U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Lafayette said in a statement, “and I believe we must utilize every legislative tool available to investigate, prevent and oppose these efforts.”

But U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican and longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, praised Musk’s work to hobble the United States Agency for International Development. Created by President John F. Kennedy and later reaffirmed as an agency and funded by Congress, it has now been placed under the authority of the U.S. State Department.

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