this American International Development Agency According to a post reviewed by CBS News, attempts to hire more attorneys to investigate employee misconduct, including “unauthorized communication with the media.”

One recruiter said attorneys would investigate the misconduct of ordinary employees and, more specifically, violations of various federal government regulations and policies, such as rules governing unauthorized communications with the media. "The American Diplomatic Services Association is a union representing employees of the United States Agency for International Development and believes that the release is true.

The Trump administration’s efforts to fire employees who spoke to the media are the latest wrinkles in the ongoing conflict between the Department of Efficiency (called Doge), while the circuit team ordered thousands of federal workers to clean up their desks.

According to the job list, newly hired attorneys will be asked to “defend over 200 complaints filed by employees.” According to the position, the applicant will report to the United States Agency for International Development’s associate attorney.

A State Department spokesperson responded to CBS News' inquiry: "We do not comment on anything related to personnel or litigation."

Last week, some U.S. Agency for International Development employees Received an email They say they are under "administrative investigation" because they are "not entitled to engage with the news/media". Emails sent by internal human resources agencies in the United States Agency for International Development threaten “discipline”, including “evacuation from the United States Agency for International Development.”

Critics criticizing the Governor’s efforts say the latest work has released additional signals the agency is seeking to intimidate workers against the shooting.

"This post raises a question of what's the end game for the agency if they succeed?" said Randy Chester, vice president of the American Diplomatic Services Association.

Most of the U.S.A.I.D. employees are scheduled to be fired later this year as part of agency-wide layoffs and led by Elon Musk and Doge. More than a thousand employees will be released by July 1 or September 2, according to an internal memorandum.

"What else can they do to people who will be separated from the agency?" Chester told CBS News. “It seems that the government is scrambling to come.”

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the agency that oversees the distribution of foreign aid – one of the first to face sharp layoffs in Doge. On February 2, Musk posted on X that “USA is a criminal organization. It’s time to die.”

To a large extent, Duger's workers were inserted into various federal agencies and continued to carry out large-scale reductions in force. February, Staff at USAID Receive notice that they will soon be unemployed. "All U.S.A.I.D. direct hiring personnel will be placed on global administrative leave," a proxy letter obtained by CBS News on February 4 said. A few days later, the workers were told that the agency's headquarters was closed until further notice.

On February 18, President Trump delivered a speech: "We effectively eliminate the American international development agency."

At the end of February, employees were allowed to be packed up in 15 minutes, which was the end of many people's careers with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

But closing the agency is much harder than expected, with many seeing their firing dates gliding as their boss struggles to terminate them. In March, leaders of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) released a memorandum that pushed the end dates for most employees to the summer and fall. Employees have been on the USAID payroll since February.

Last week, employees who spoke publicly about the firing between late February and early March began receiving email communications, suggesting that interviews they conducted during this period may have violated the agency’s code of conduct. The CBS News Review email requires employees to submit statements and answer a series of questions by May 13.

According to the email, “failure to comply with these instructions and provide statements upon request will constitute misconduct”, whose written statements will be “used to determine whether the misconduct occurred and the necessary measures (if any) to correct the act.”

Under the Agency Code of Conduct, federal workers, including U.S. Agency employees, are prohibited from interviewing news without agency permission. According to Chester, U.S.A.I.D. employees were not asked to sign a separation agreement to prevent them from talking to members of the press.

"It's totally intimidating," Chester said. The union shared the email with CBS News last week.

“Federal employees don’t give up their constitutional rights when they work in public services,” said Abbe Lowell, an experienced attorney in Washington, D.C., last week, to launch his own company to protect public officials from retaliation.

In this case, many people who received notices about the employee termination date think they are out of work, Chester said. He added that others are willing to take risks.