Musk's DOGE took control of the U.S. Institute of Peace. It brought roaches and rats to D.C. headquarters [View all]

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The head of the United States Institute of Peace says its Washington, D.C. headquarters near the Lincoln Memorial was left to rot after billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency took it over in March, resulting in water damage, graffiti – and, worse yet, an infestation of roaches and rats.

After DOGE replaced the independent, fully government-funded nonprofit’s board with MAGA loyalists and fired the entire staff, Musk’s crew left it with a “level of staffing… woefully insufficient to properly protect and maintain” the $500 million Moshe Safdie-designed concrete-and-glass structure, according to a May 23 affidavit filed in D.C. federal court by USIP President and CEO George Moose.

“Vermin were not a problem prior to March 17, 2025, when USIP was actively using and maintaining the building,” Moose’s affidavit states.

The filing, which is part of a broader legal action by USIP in an attempt to regain full control of the organization, was first reported on Friday in the weekly Court Watch newsletter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-doge-takeover-institute-peace-212244789.html

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