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American journalist 'drops bombshell' in US Congress: USAID money was used to persecute opposition leader Sali Berisha

Politiko 2025-02-26 20:40:37

American journalist 'drops bombshell' in US Congress: USAID money was

"The Daily Signal" investigative journalist Tyler O'Neil has shed more light on how USAID funds were used in Albania to persecute opposition leader Sali Berisha. 

His 'bombshell' statement came in the US Congress, during a meeting of the special committee on government efficiency.

In the session titled "The Last America: How Foreign Aid Undermined US Interests Around the World", the journalist also stated that the Open Society Foundations and USAID have collaborated in supporting the 'East West Management Institute', which received $31.2 million from USAID, funds that he said were used to persecute the democratic leader in Albania.

O'Neil adds that the money was used, according to him, to silence the opponent of the country's socialist prime minister.

“The Open Society Foundations and USAID have also collaborated in supporting the East West Management Institute, which received $31.2 million from USAID in its last full fiscal year ending September 30. The institute initiated judicial changes in Albania that critics claim resulted in the persecution of Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha, silencing an opponent of the country’s socialist prime minister ,” the Daily Signal reporter said.

 

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