DOGE Lawsuit Declarations
My goal for this page is to catalog the useful declarations that appear in DOGE and similar lawsuits.
USAID
AFGE v. Trump
Two employee unions challenge freeze on USAID employees.
Judge Carl Nichols
[docket]
DE 9 declarations
Randall Chester: VP of American Foreign Service Association describes membership.
Ottis Johnson: VP of AFGE describes efforts to respond to shutdown.
Beth Doe: Describes challenges of dealing with pregnancy, other children in school, and breaking $4,000 lease.
Eric Doe: Describes challenges to two special needs children.
Carol Doe: Describes how the lack of guidance creates a personal financial liability for procurement officers.
Diane Doe: Describes shutdown of office managing PEPFAR and the person risk posed by threats Elon has issued.
Ellen Doe: Describes financial exposure and emotional toll of shutdown.
Frances Doe: Describes risk of family separation because husband is contracted with UN through December 2025.
Jane Doe: Describes withdrawal of security communications.
Janice Doe: Describes financial risk and challenges for children, notes medical information on unsecure cloud page.
Jeanne Doe: Describes safety risk even in DC and failure to get compensation for travel.
Laura Doe: Describes live-saving programs not receiving waivers, and communication standards not being upheld.
DE 24 declarations
Marcus Doe: Describes evacuation from Kinshasa, concerns about cost of evacuation, and lack of support upon arriving in DC.
Nancy Doe: Also describes evacuation from Kinshasa. Describes inability to monitor efforts in Congo. Describes lack of spending support.
Nathan Doe: Also describes evacuation. Sent family to Michigan to save costs. Describes financial exposure of thousands of dollars.
Olivia Doe: Describes risk to program intended to access Congo’s cobalt and other minerals.
Ruth Doe: Describes lack of support for prenatal care, including during the evacuation.
Sarah Doe: Describes challenges posed by shutdown in third trimester of pregnancy.
Thomasina Doe: Provides details of shutdown orders from perspective of Contracting Officer.
Ulysses Doe: A USAID contractor incurring $50,000 in monthly expenses because of the shutdown.
Virginia Doe: Describes the arbitrary nature of shutdown as contracting officer. [Includes detail about single PEPFAR folder.]
Walter Doe: A USAID controller [comptroller?], who describes how even approved payments could not be put through on the Phoenix system.
Wanda Doe: Describes risks for a third trimester USAID employee.
Xavier Doe: Describes not getting reimbursed for overseas travel.
Yolanda Doe: Describes how program review is supposed to work with a change of administration.
Zeb Doe: Debunks Pete Marocco’s claim that there’s no way to review programs without shutting everything down.
Jane Doe 1: Presents the perspective of Personal Services Contractor.
Jane Doe 2: Explains why Personal Services Contractor Association members should be included in injured parties.
Randall Chester: Debunks claims Pete Marocco made.
Terry Doe: Describes refusal to medevac pregnant wife and medical complications that have resulted.
Emelia Doe: Describes funding shutdown, massive interests payments, and imminent loss of electricity.
Randall Chester: Debunks Pete Marocco claims.
Global Health Council v. Trump
USAID contractors challenge breach of contact.
Judge Amir Ali
[docket]
DE7 declarations
Elisha Dunn-Gergiou (CEO of Global Health Council): Describes scope of Global Health Council projects funded, including health clinics and anti-malarial work.
Robert Nichols, Small Business Association for International Companies: Describes the risk of bankruptcy to small businesses involved in this work.
Mark Hetfield, Hebrew Immigrants Aid Society (exhibits): Describes inability to get guidance about approved projects, especially in Chad and Venezuela.
Marian Wentworth, Management Sciences for Health: Describes layoffs and disruption of supply chains of necessary medecines.
James Butcher, Chemonics International: Describes programs at risk of shutdown, including one each in El Salvador and Colombia attempting to stop migration at its source.
Zan Northrip, DAI Global: Describes the increasing risk their partners face overseas as bills come due.
Eric Bjornlund, Democracy International: Describes shuttering many of its programs, including those protecting Christian minorities, fostering democracy, and countering Russian authoritarianism.
Scott Carlson, American Bar Association: Describes program support freedom of religion being shuttered.
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy v. State
Two USAID contractors challenge breach of contract.
Judge Amir Ali
[docket]
Jessica Doe: Contracting officer describes how PEPFAR is not going out, anti-fraud programs shut down.
Firings
Storch v. Hegseth
Fired Inspectors General challenge their firing.
Judge Ana Reyes
[docket]
DE14 declarations
Phyllis Fong, fired USDA Inspector General: Claims monetary impact of $19 billion.
Robert Storch, fired DOD Inspector General: Details role in overseeing Ukraine aid. Does not include claimed monetary impact, which is $10.8 billion.
Michael Missal, fired VA Inspector General: Describes solving murder perpetrated by nursing assistant, identifying problems with electronic health record system, and discovering $10.8 million in improper bonuses for senior VA executives. Does not include claimed monetary impact, which is $45 billion.
Christi Grimm, fired HHS Inspector General: Describes a June 2024 operation that resulted in charges against 193 defendants, as well as efforts to ensure safety of nursing homes. Does not include claimed monetary impact, which is $18.5 billion.
Larry Turner, fired DOL Inspector General: Describes finding $191 billion in improper COVID payments, many fraudulent, and suggests there may be $135 billion remaining.
Mike Ware, fired SBA Inspector General: Describes finding around $200 billion in COVID fraud, returning $40 billion to the US Treasury.
Cardell Richardson, fired State Inspector General: Describes monetary impact of $16.7 million in less than 8 months.
Sandra Bruce, fired Education Inspector General: Describes investigation into four people accused of defrauding the State of Indiana of $44 million.