DOGE Attempted to Assign Team to US Nonprofit Group Vera Institute of Justice

“DOGE staffers Nick Cavanaugh and Justin Aimonetti informed us of its plan to assign a DOGE team to the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) as part of its larger plan to assign DOGE teams to ‘every institute or agency that has congressional monies appropriated to it,’” the independent nonprofit, which advocates for lower incarceration rates, said in a statement.

It was not immediately clear how many other independent groups such as Vera Institute has [sic] DOGE contacted but such a step would mark an increase in its influence beyond the government to private entities that received federal money.