(Bloomberg) -- Staff at USAID were ordered to destroy classified documents and personnel records, according to a memo from a top official, prompting fresh legal challenges as well as alarm from the union that represents foreign service officers.

Since the Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk threatened to shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAID) last Monday, there has been a flurry of queries regarding its “wasteful” expenditures, where money was reportedly channeled to companies, businesses, and organizations like the WEF, without accountability.

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the agency's worldwide total of more than 10,000, four sources told Reuters on Thursday.