The U.S. African Development Foundation will remain open after 11 Senate Republicans voted against shutting it down, despite the CFO admitting to accepting bribes.

The vote to abolish the federal aid agency failed 42-58 after 11 Senate Republicans joined all Democrats to table the amendment, the Daily Wire reported.

"The vote to defund USADF was set at a simple-majority threshold," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, posted on X on Friday. "Republicans acting alone could have defunded it—and should have done so after USADF’s acting chairman and CEO called for it to be defunded, based on what he described as a culture of chronic fraud, waste, and abuse within USADF.

"Lamentably, the measure failed by a vote of 58-42, with all Democrats and just a few Republicans voting to table it. I look forward to hearing my colleagues explain their votes."

The media outlet reached out to the 11 GOP senators, asking them about their reasoning for their vote, but none responded. The Republican senators who voted against shutting down the agency are: John Boozman of Arkansas, Shelley Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven of North Dakota, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi.

The agency had locked its doors to prevent the Department of Government Efficiency from auditing it.

On Friday, USADF's CFO, Mathieu Zahui, agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes from an agency contractor and lying to law enforcement about the payments.

One of the African groups that the agency sent money to was run by Zahui’s friend — a contractor and former federal employee — who was contracted to do no work, and wired some of it to Zahui’s personal bank account.