The article shared by Benz highlighted OCCRP's "investigation" into Donald Trump's aide Rudy Giuliani, claiming to have "exposed" his connections with "questionable Ukrainian associates" who helped him seek damaging information about Hunter Biden, a controversial figure and son of former United States President Joe Biden.
The 'Disinformation Primer' was a propaganda guide meant to help the USAID team to peddle influence in foreign countries, co-opt the media ecosystem and civil society and bring about 'regime change'
When the coordinated efforts of USAID, the Atlantic Council, and their affiliate organisations are examined, it is clear that they have systematically targeted private messaging platforms.
The six tech prodigies at the DOGE team who have become the topic of discussion on social media are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Of these, some have working emails from the General Services Administration (GSA) and OPM even though they do not have any prior government experience.
In March 2017, the Heritage Foundation published a report detailing how USAID worked in close association with far-left billionaire George Soros during the Obama administration to promote its 'radical agendas' in several countries.
OCCRP co-founder Drew Sullivan has acknowledged that his independent 'network of journalists' could not have been created without funding from US government agencies.
Since its inception, OCCRP has received at least $47 million from the US government, $14 million from European countries (Britiain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Slovakia and France) and 1.1 million from the European Union.
The Sunday Guardian noted that IRI, tasked to implement projects funded by USAID, ran a sinister programme named PARIS for 22 months to enhance political participation of Bangladeshis and amplify 'anti-authoritarian' voices.