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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wtf MPD

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331354/doge-staff-enter-the-u-s-institute-of-peace-d-c-police-help

The US Institute of Peace, was the scene of a dramatic standoff between a Department of Government Efficiency team and Institute members on Monday. DC police attended the scene after being contacted both by USIP staff and the DOGE team on site.

Former diplomat and President and CEO OF USIP George Moose told NPR "DC police showed up at my office and said it is time for you to go." USIP is a think tank funded by Congress.

NPR spoke to him on the steps of the Institute just across from the State Department during the day long standoff on Monday.

Some members of DOGE, as the Elon Musk efficiency team is known, tried several times to get inside to install a new president.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly, posted on X Monday evening, along with a screenshot of a resolution from USIP's three remaining board members appointing Kenneth Jackson USIP's acting president on March 14.

Moose was fired last week along with most of the board members. According to USIP's website, the bipartisan board of directors is composed of 12 members plus four "ex-officio" members including the US Secretaries of State and Defense.

But Moose and the USIP is challenging the administration in court. He was held up in his office for some time on Monday before being escorted out by police. Moose called it a sad day.[/quote]

[quote](f) Removal from office

A member of the Board appointed under subsection (b)(4) may be removed by the President—

(1) in consultation with the Board, for conviction of a felony, malfeasance in office, persistent neglect of duties, or inability to discharge duties;
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Seems legit.

https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/guidance/consultation-requirement-process
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Oh? Do tell us what conviction of a felony, malfeasance in office, persistent neglect of duties, or inability to discharge duties was evidenced by USIP management.[/quote]

Failed to follow an executive order: persistent neglect of duties. They explicitly thumbed their nose. FAFO.

https://www.usip.org/press/2025/02/operating-status-united-states-institute-peace[/quote]

This from an administration that ignores court orders. Can't get any more lawless than that. [/quote]

Are you suggesting that the executive branch is separate from the executive branch?[/quote]

The Institute of Peace, like the rest of the executive branch, is funded by Congress, and presidents do not have the legal authority to refuse to spend money on programs ordered up by Congress. Do you think that if AOC was elected president, she would have the power to unilaterally close the Pentagon? [/quote]

Yes, but the statute says the President has the authority to remove board members. So if he did, I don’t understand how the building could bar entry to executives duly installed by the remaining board members. I guess if they refuse to spend the money then it’s another legal battle but I honestly don’t see how it could be possible to bar those new executives from the building any more than you could deny entry to the secretaries of state and defense who are on the board. [/quote]

The statute gives very specific and limited authority.  That procedure was not met.  MPD should not have gotten involved.[/quote]

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