The Ministry of Government Efficiency of Elon Musk broke into the non -profit US Institute of Peace on Monday evening, while it continues to take a chainsaw to waste, fraud and abuse in Washington.
The CEO of the organization, George Moose, said: 'Doge was broken into in our building' after he had been rejected on Friday.
The US Institute of Peace says on its website that it is a non -party, independent organization that focuses on protecting American interests by helping prevent violent conflicts and brokers abroad. '
The non-profit organization says that it was founded by the congress in 1984 as an 'independent non-profit corporation', and does not meet the American code definitions of 'Government Corporation', 'Government-driven company' or 'Independent Establishment'.
The Institute has been in Doge's Crosshairs after an executive order of 19 February, entitled Starting the reduction of federal bureaucracy, called for the 'dramatic' contraction of the federal government.
Despite protests from the non -profit organization, the infringement is that it is not part of the executive and instead is an independent agency.
Police cars were outside the Washington building on Monday evening, said a senior US Institute of Peace officer. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
It was not immediately clear what the DOGE employees were doing or were looking for the Non -Profit building, which is located across the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the foggy soil neighborhood.
The Ministry of Government Efficiency of Elon Musk broke into the non -profit US Institute of Peace on Monday evening, while it continues to take a chainsaw to waste, fraud and abuse in Washington
It was not immediately clear what the DOGE employees were doing or were looking for the building of the non -profit organization, across the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the foggy soil district
President Donald Trump went after the organization and a few others in an executive order of February 19, who aims to reduce the size of the federal government.
The order was also focused on the Inter-American Foundation, the United States African Development Foundation and the Presidio Trust, and said that they “should be eliminated to a maximum extent in accordance with the applicable legislation,” the outlet reported.
Since then, the administration has switched to fire and canceling programs with some of those organizations.
The African Development Foundation, which also tried in vain to prevent DOGE -employees entering her offices in Washington, went to court, but a federal court ruled last week that the removal of most subsidies and most employees would be legal.
The President of the Inter-American Foundation has sued Monday to block her resignation in February by the Trump administration.
DOGE has shown interest in the US Institute of Peace for weeks, but was rejected by lawyers who claimed that the status of the Institute protected it against the type of reorganization that occurs in other federal agencies.
On Friday, DOGE members arrived with two FBI agents, who left after the lawyer of the Institute told them about the 'private and independent status of USIP', the organization said in a statement.
The DOGE team of Musk estimated that the cavities of the cutbacks have reached $ 55 billion in a message from the official doge.gov website, which quotes data since 17 February.
President Donald Trump went after the organization and a few others in an executive order of February 19, who aims to reduce the size of the federal government. The order was also focused on the Inter-American Foundation, the United States African Development Foundation and the Presidio Trust Die Overzese Presidio National Park (photo)
The DOGE team of Musk estimated the decisive savings to reach $ 55 billion in a message from the official doge.gov website
The efforts to reduce government waste continue to capture the headlines while Democrats and government employees are protesting on the streets about the cutbacks.
Trump has defended the efforts of Musk and tells FOX News -Gastheer Sean Hannity that they often talk about the efforts of Democrats and the media to drive them apart.
“It's clear, they are so bad at it. I always thought they were good at it, but they are bad at it, because if they were good at, I wouldn't be a president, “he said.
Last month, the White House clarified in court cases that the title of Musk was “Senior Adviser of the President” and that he is “not the American Doge Service Administrator.”
“In his role as a senior adviser to the president, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other senior advisers of the White House,” the court noted, adding that he “had no actual or formal authority” to make government decisions himself.
Trump has endorsed Musk's work as a result of his election mandate to reduce government spending and to reduce the federal workforce.
“We have been chosen to find all this fraud, abuse, all these terrible things,” he said.
Dailymail.com has contacted the White House for comments.
