DOGE left United States Institute of Peace workplace with water harm, rats, and roaches

The chief govt of the US Institute of Peace says Elon Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity left the nonprofit’s Washington, D.C. headquarters in disarray, filled with water harm, rats, and roaches, in accordance with a brand new sworn assertion first reported by Courtroom Watch.

The assertion from the manager, George Moose, comes only a few days after a federal decide 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 stated 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 stated on the time that DOGE workers had “damaged into” the USIP headquarters in Washington, even supposing the nonprofit is just not a part of the manager 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 a variety of what we name overseas help, and we’re a part of that household,” Moose stated on the time, referencing the Trump administration’s and DOGE’s dismantling of the US Company for Worldwide Growth.

Moose initially stated the nonprofit’s headquarters seemed to be in first rate form at a press convention on Might 21 the place he mentioned the decide’s ruling. However in the future later, in accordance 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 decide’s ruling, the headquarters had been “basically deserted for a lot of weeks” earlier than USIP regained management. He stated that DOGE had did not “keep 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 car boundaries had 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 advised recommend possible water harm).”

Now, Moose stated USIP has “engaged a personal safety agency to protect the constructing and premises” and “taken over duty for the constructing’s upkeep.”