The DOGE workers gained access after several unsuccessful attempts Monday and after having been turned away Friday, a senior U.S. Institute of Peace official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.
Trump targeted the organization and a few others in a Feb. 19 executive order that aims to shrink the size of the federal government. The administration has since moved to fire and cancel programs at some of those organizations, following its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and slashing of other agencies, including the Education Department.
On Friday, DOGE members arrived with two FBI agents but left after the institute’s lawyer told them of USIP’s “private and independent status,” the organization said in a statement that day.
Chief of security Colin O’Brien said police on Monday helped DOGE members enter the building and that the private security team for the organization had its contract canceled.
Lambert here: I would have expected to read about a wave of security contractor contract cancellations from liberal NGOs, but nada….
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