Gavin Kliger

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2025 Before 1:00 AM on February 3, 2025, Kliger sent an email from a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) email address to all USAID employees ordering them to work from home, and not to come into the office.[9][10][11] Kliger has no prior experience at the agency or in government. The move was criticized by USAID personnel and Democratic politicians, including Senator Chris Coons, who described the Trump administration as "trying to gut the agency altogether."[10][12]
2025 In February 2025, Kliger became the first DOGE representative to arrive at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). On the same day, President Trump confirmed the review at an Oval Office press conference, saying of DOGE: "The Internal Revenue Service will be looked at like everybody else... They're doing a helluva job."[23]
2025 In February 2025, Kliger began working at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), where he worked directly with Secretary Brooke Rollins to carry out the DOGE agenda.[21] Court documents revealed that USDA officials drafted agency-wide guidance directing staff to identify and terminate climate-related grants at Kliger's direction, with a policy lead emailing the agency's deputy chief financial officer to ask whether a draft "encapsulate[d] what Gavin is looking for."
2025 Why DOGE: Why I gave up a seven-figure salary to save America