For the last six months, Andrea Capellán has been asking questions — and as a director at USAID’s Office of Acquisition and Assistance, she had expected answers.
But ever since the Trump administration froze foreign aid in January, Capellán — and countless other contracting officers at the U.S. Agency for International Development — were met with silence, chaos, and a “minefield of questionable and potentially illegal orders.”
That’s according to a memo Capellán filed on July 28, which was sent to Rebecca Krzywda, USAID’s deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau for Management; Michael Capobianco, the acting director of Capellán’s office; and the USAID inspector general. It was obtained and verified by Devex the following day.