{"id":2413832,"date":"2025-03-19T10:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-institute-of-peace-sues-trump-administration-after-doge-overhaul-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:11:02","slug":"us-institute-of-peace-sues-trump-administration-after-doge-overhaul-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-institute-of-peace-sues-trump-administration-after-doge-overhaul-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"US Institute of Peace sues Trump administration after DOGE overhaul &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-institute-of-peace-sues-trump-administration-after-doge-overhaul-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - 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Last week, President Donald Trump fired most of the board, leaving the latter three in place, who then voted to remove the agency&rsquo;s president and install a new acting president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3351858\/maryland-senate-bill-millions-unused-obamacare-funds-abortions\/\">Maryland Senate passes bill unlocking millions in unused Obamacare funds to pay for abortions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3352251\/rep-glenn-ivey-schumer-democratic-leader-town-hall\/\">Glenn Ivey calls for new Senate Democratic leadership at hostile town hall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3349456\/actblue-democrats-push-party-diversify-fundraising-platforms\/\">&#8216;No one should feel sorry for ActBlue&#8217;: Some Democrats push for party to diversify fundraising platforms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529\/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filed\">filed<\/a> in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday, five of the ousted board members are seeking &ldquo;the immediate intervention of this Court to stop Defendants from completing the unlawful dismantling of the Institute and irreparably impairing Plaintiffs&rsquo; ability to perform their vital peace promotion and conflict resolution work as tasked by Congress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs are pursuing a declaration that their firings were not legal or valid, and the reinstatement of ousted USIP President George Moose.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed a day after acting USIP President Kenneth Jackson and DOGE members were &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DOGE\/status\/1901810390323048756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1901810390323048756%7Ctwgr%5E21252ad0f10574e8fd2faca7ca83492a063932e8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2F3351612%2Fmpd-usip-george-moose-doge-break-in%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">escorted<\/a>&rdquo; into the building with assistance from&nbsp;Metropolitan Police Department&nbsp;officers after they had been denied entry.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3351612\/mpd-usip-george-moose-doge-break-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"MPD CALLED IN TO DEESCALATE USIP DISPUTE AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT ACCUSED DOGE OF BREAKING IN\">MPD CALLED IN TO DEESCALATE USIP DISPUTE AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT ACCUSED DOGE OF BREAKING IN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the court filing Tuesday, the fired USIP board members accused DOGE workers of trespassing and taking over the USIP&rsquo;s Washington, D.C., headquarters and &ldquo;plunder[ing] the offices in an effort to access and gain control of the Institute&rsquo;s infrastructure, including sensitive computer systems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The case has been assigned to Judge Beryl Howell, who previously ruled against the Trump administration in cases regarding an executive order canceling government contracts with a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3345890\/judge-blocks-trump-perkins-coie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"anceling government contracts with a top Democratic-linked law firm\"> top Democratic-linked law firm<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3340521\/nlrb-member-gwynne-wilcox-reinstated-fired-by-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"anceling government contracts with a top Democratic-linked law firm\">firing<\/a> of a member of the National Labor Relations Board. 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