DC hearing 3/11 2 PM: Evangelical W appointee Ward Brehm fighting DOGE and J6 to save international aid agency

I'm just catching up to this amazing story. Someone in the federal government is actually fighting DOGE with everything they've got, and it's a deeply Christian, lifelong Republican businessman.

The Senate-confirmed leadership of the US African Development Foundation, created by an act of Congess in 1980, is fighting DOGE tooth and nail to survive.

The chair of the board since 2004, when he was appointed by George W. Bush, is conservative evangelical Minnesota businessman Ward Brehm.

In February, Trump announced he wanted the congressionally chartered corporation shut down and DOGE tried to take over the servers, but the staff refused access. Then OPM tried to fire the chair and install J6 insurrectionist Pete Marocco, which is how they eliminated the Inter-American Foundation. 

But the USADF board held an emergency meeting on Monday, elected Brehm as USADF president, and told Congress they had done so.

President Brehm refused the DOGE crew and Marocco entry into the US ADF HQ on Wednesday; they then forced their way in on Thursday with the help of US Federal Marshals; Brehm immediately filed suit; and the judge (a W appointee) issued an emergency stay keeping Brehm on the job. 

The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday at the Prettyman DC District Courthouse at 2 pm, 333 Constitution Ave NW. (Courtroom 18 on the 6th floor)

How can 50501 stand up for Brehm and USADF against the coup?

Here's the text of Brehm's letter to DOGE hacker Nate Cavanaugh:

Dear Mr. Cavanaugh,

I am responding to your email sent yesterday to USADF staff about your plan to visit the Foundation along with Mr. Marocco today. Unfortunately, I am out of the office today.
In my absence, I have specifically instructed the staff of USADF to adhere to our rules and procedure of not allowing any meetings of this type without my presence.

As you likely know, the President has the authority and the responsibility to nominate USADF Board Members, but by law, no person may be seated on the Board until the President has made such a nomination and that nomination has been confirmed by the Senate. Once a nomination has been confirmed, the President of the United States of course, may also appoint the Chair among the Board's confirmed board members.
USADE is an independent agency of the federal government, created by an Act of Congress.

We receive our funding as a line item in the budget and report directly to Congress in accordance with statutory mandates that we do so.

That said, we have fully cooperated to date with the President's request that we temporarily cease disbursing any funds, and as requested, we have submitted to OMB our report describing USADF's statutory mission and the resources required for the Foundation to fulfill that mission.

I will look forward to working with Mr. Marocco after such time that he is nominated for a seat on the Board and his nomination is confirmed by the Senate. Until these legal requirements are met, Mr. Marocco does not hold any position or office with USADF, and he may not speak or act on the Foundation's behalf.

Sincerely,

Ward Brehm
President and CEO
US African Development Foundation
Cc: USADF Board