DC police help DOGE force its way into office of Institute of Peace
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New York Times: Aishvarya Kavi March 17, 2025, 6:21 p.m. ET3 hours ago Aishvarya Kavi Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team, known as DOGE, has forced its way into the offices of the U.S. Institute of Peace with the help of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department, a lawyer for the institute said. “DOGE just came into the building — they’re inside the building — they’re bringing the F.B.I. and brought a bunch of D.C. police,” said Sophia Lin, a lawyer with the firm Picard Kentz and Rowe. She was speaking on the phone from the street outside the institute’s building after she, her co-counsel and the institute’s chief security officer were forced out, she said. Lin said that the U.S. Institute for Peace called the D.C. police on the Musk team members in an effort to stop them from trespassing because the institute has control of its own building and the land it sits on. But instead, the D.C. police allowed them to enter and kicked out the institute’s officials. Before the D.C. police arrived, the Musk team had tried for hours to enter the building. They attempted to enter on Friday, but that effort was unsuccessful. |
Anonymous
| This is truly shocking. Not a government building, not an executive branch agency. DOGE had no authority there and yet the DC police helped them to break and enter?!? |
Anonymous
| How much cash were the cops paid? And why? |
Anonymous
| Bowser again shows how useless she is -- lets DOGE do anything it wants and has gotten nothing in return. |
Anonymous
| It’s unfathomable how far we have fallen this quickly. |
Anonymous
This is awful. The independent agency staff called the DC police to report that DOGE was trying to break in and MPD removed them from their offices instead. I guess we now have a modern day Gestapo. |
Anonymous
| I thought the DC police worked for Bowser - who is supposed to be a democrat and presumably a voice of reason? |
Anonymous
The same Bowser who let the Trump admin/Republican Congress cut 1 bn in DC’s own tax revenue and not use its reserve funds is siding with DOGE. Unbelievable |
Anonymous
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What they're saying: White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told AP USIP hadn't complied with Trump's order so "11 board members were lawfully removed, and remaining board members appointed Kenneth Jackson acting president."
She added: "Rogue bureaucrats will not be allowed to hold agencies hostage. The Trump administration will enforce the President's executive authority and ensure his agencies remain accountable to the American people." Moose told reporters Monday "what has happened here today is an illegal takeover by elements of the executive branch of a private nonprofit corporation." Meanwhile, Beyer said: "USIP is an independent, non-profit entity and I will work to stop DOGE's illegal power grab." Representatives for the White House, USIP and Beyer did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment in the evening. |
Anonymous
Bowser is into saving her own bottom |
Anonymous
It's actually totally fathomable. The police have always been this way, the voters have always been this way. The target is kind of new but America has always had a mean and lawless streak. |
Anonymous
Very concerning to me too. DC Police officers should be held to account. This should have gone to court. |
Anonymous
Not how it works. Bribery is thankfully rare. |
Anonymous
And yet, it's not working. |
Anonymous
My guess is the police just screwed up, possibly seeing "official" documents and not understanding the situation. Police leadership should be briefing police at roll call every day to call management for further clarification. And police should have their attorneys up to speed on everything that's going on. Knowing MPD, they probably have not thought this through |