SAMAH NORQUIST
Chief Advisor to the Administrator
2017-2021
@SANorquist
IT’S ILLEGAL FOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO CAMPAIGN AT WORK. A TRUMP OFFICIAL JUST DID SO
The latest questionable comment came from Samah Norquist, a special adviser on religious pluralism in the Middle East at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
related: Max Primorac, USAID
July 18, 2019
HOW MIKE PENCE’S OFFICE MEDDLED IN FOREIGN AID TO REROUTE MONEY TO FAVORED CHRISTIAN GROUPS
November 6, 2019
Ferguson and Samah Norquist were included in the selection process for the newest grants, and one official said Ferguson oversaw the final determinations.
A former USAID official said Norquist was “really involved in the details” of the grants but seemed to have little awareness of standard USAID practice when meeting with grantees.
“She was swimming in the dark, and it was really quite clear that she didn’t know the first thing about grant-making,” such as what information was proper to share and how to ensure an open award process rather than one targeting specific groups, the former official said.