The theater affiliated with Doge The president of the American Institute of Peace, an independent reflection group funded by the Congress, has decided to transfer the agency’s $ 500 million $ 500 million for a free $ 500 building, according to court documents revealed in a recently filed trial.
Tensions at USIP have been increasing for weeks, from the Trump administration licensee The 10 members of the agency’s voting board on March 14 and the staff of the USIP refused the representatives of DOGE access to the front door. Three days later, the employees of Doge made their way in the building, would have Use of a physical key to a former security entrepreneur. The dramatic confrontations led to a complete takeover, the former head of the State Department Kenneth Jackson assuming the role of president. From this past FridayMost USIP staff have received dismissal opinions.
Former USIP officials have since filed a complaint against Jackson, Doge, Doge, Donald Trump and other members of the Trump administration, asking for immediate intervention “to prevent the accused from finishing illegal dismantling of the institute,” said complaint. While the American district judge Beryl Howell denied The request of the USIP for a temporary ban order which would restore the board of directors of the Institute on March 19, it brutally criticized the conquest of Doge before the court.
The court documents filed by the defendants on Monday reveal the next phase of the DOGE plans for the USIP. As of March 25, the staff of Doge Nate Cavanaugh – well installed at the GSA – replaced Jackson as the interim president of the Institute, according to documents. They also declare that Cavanaugh was invited to transfer the assets of the USIP, including its real estate – to the GSA. The letter detailing these modifications and instructions was signed by the defense secretary Pete Hegseth and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Cavanaugh did not immediately respond to a request for wired comments. The principal lawyer of the Ministry of Justice in this case also immediately responded to a request for comments.
In a Separate Undated Letter, Which Was also include in the Batch of Documents Filed With the Court, Cavanaugh Writes to Gsa Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian: “I have concluded that it is in the best interest of Usip, the Federal Government, and the United States for Usip to Transfer Located at 2301 Constitution AVE NW, Washington, DC 20037, to GSA and to seek an exception from the 100 receipts reimbursement requirement for the building.
Cavanaugh continues to estimate that the building has a “market value of $ 500 million.
In another letter included in the file of the trial dated March 29, the architect of the 2025 project and the director of the Russell Vought budget and budget office written to Ehikian to approve his request “to define the reimbursement of the reimbursement of the building for the transfer of the United States Institute (USIP)”.
To put it clearly: DOGE forced the directors and staff of a non -executive agency, installed one of its own GSA employees as president, and this person is now trying to submit the registered office of $ 500 million from the institute to the agency he came, at a zero cost.
“The effort to transfer the building to the GSA is part of the DOGE game book to direct the agencies through a wooden shredder. This is what they are trying to do,” said George Fote, for a long time outside the general lawyer of the USIP. “They try to kill the agency, which they are not allowed to do.”
The lawyers of the former USIP staff have deposited a movement Monday to prevent asset transfer. In opposition judicialGovernment lawyers claim that “the Institute is an executive agency and has decided in accordance with the decree and its statutory power to transfer its excess goods to GSA”, referring to President Donald Trump February EO This claims “the reins in independent agencies”.
Judge Howell will decide to authorize the transfer to court on Tuesday; A broader decision in the USIP case is expected by the end of the month.
Additional report by Matt Giles.
