The Trump administration has placed dozens of USAID workers on administrative leave for allegedly scheming to thwart President Trump’s executive orders requiring an immediate pause of federal aid funds to overseas programs and an end to all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs within the agency.

Acting USAID administrator Jason Gray placed more than 50 career civil servants and foreign service officers on paid administrative leave while he conducts an investigation into the matter, according to an agency-wide email Gray sent Monday afternoon, first obtained by RealClearPolitics.

“We’ve identified several actions within USAID that appear to be designed to circumvent the President’s Executive Orders and the mandate from the American people,” Gray, wrote. “As a result, we have decided to put a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice while we complete our analysis of these actions.”

Senior leaders in bureaus across the agency were removed, as well as several senior attorneys, sources told RCP. Several hundred contractors based in Washington and elsewhere also were laid off, according to the Associated Press.