Judge strikes down DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace – NBC News
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A federal judge ruled that the actions of “illegitimately-installed leaders” — including the purported transfer of the institute’s building — were “null and void.”
May 19, 2025, 10:04 AM PDT / Updated May 19, 2025, 12:24 PM PDT By Ryan J. ReillyWASHINGTON — A federal district judge on Monday tossed out the takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace by the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency, declaring that actions by “illegitimately-installed leaders” were “unlawful” and had to be declared “null and void.”
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled that “the removal of USIP’s president, his replacement by officials affiliated with DOGE, the termination of nearly all of USIP’s staff, and the transfer of USIP property to the General Services Administration” were “effectuated by illegitimately-installed leaders who lacked legal authority to take these actions, which must therefore be declared null and void.”
The decision came two months after a dramatic showdown at the building’s headquarters in Washington, when the acting head of the Institute of Peace issued a statement saying that “DOGE has broken into our building.” After members of the DOGE team took over the building with the help of law enforcement. most institute employees were subsequently laid off.
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