Traitorous Senate Republicans joined Democrats to keep funding the U.S. African Development Foundation, even after the agency’s own leadership acknowledged corruption and DOGE flagged it for fraud.
“The USADF Director of Financial Management’s fraudulent acts betrayed the trust of the American people,” said Acting Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Sean M. Bottary. “As the Inspector General with continued oversight jurisdiction over U.S.-funded foreign assistance, we will utilize our global investigative reach to aggressively detect and disrupt those who defraud taxpayer dollars programmed overseas.”
🚨 BOMBSHELL from Sen. Mike Lee on the Senate floor:
The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) is a publicly admitted fraud machine—and Congress just voted to KEEP funding it!
This morning, DOJ announced USADF’s CFO, Mathieu Zahui, charged and pleading guilty to TWO… pic.twitter.com/KVqbBlrLNw
— Max Creel (@myc19631) January 31, 2026