The chief government of america Institute of Peace (USIP) says Elon Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity left the nonprofit’s Washington, D.C., headquarters in disarray, stuffed with water harm, rats, and roaches, in keeping with a brand new sworn assertion first reported by Courtroom Watch.
The assertion from the chief, George Moose, comes only a few days after a federal choose dominated that DOGE’s takeover of the nonprofit was unlawful. And this week, Musk has claimed he’s stepping away from DOGE, though he and President Trump have mentioned he’ll proceed to advise the administration.
DOGE began its takeover of USIP in mid-March after a standoff that noticed the nonprofit name the police on Musk’s authorities staff. Moose mentioned on the time that DOGE workers had “damaged into” the USIP headquarters in Washington, even if the nonprofit will not be a part of the chief department and isn’t topic to the White Home’s whims.
“It was very clear that there was a need on the a part of the administration to dismantle loads of what we name international help, and we’re a part of that household,” Moose mentioned on the time, referencing the Trump administration’s and DOGE’s dismantling of america Company for Worldwide Growth.
Moose initially mentioned the nonprofit’s headquarters gave the impression to be in first rate form at a press convention on Might 21, the place he mentioned the choose’s ruling. However someday later, in keeping with the assertion, members of Moose’s workers spent a day surveying the constructing and documenting the issues they discovered.
Moose wrote in his assertion that, forward of the choose’s ruling, the headquarters had been “primarily deserted for a lot of weeks” earlier than USIP regained management. He mentioned that DOGE had didn’t “preserve and safe the constructing,” together with “proof of rats and roaches.”
“Vermin weren’t an issue previous to March 17, 2025, when USIP was actively utilizing and sustaining the constructing,” Moose wrote.
Employees additionally reported to Moose that the constructing’s automobile obstacles have been poorly maintained and that they noticed water leaks and “lacking ceiling tiles in a number of locations within the constructing (which I’ve been instructed recommend probably water harm).”
Now Moose mentioned USIP has “engaged a personal safety agency to protect the constructing and premises” and “taken over accountability for the constructing’s upkeep.”
