A federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration on Wednesday, after a government-funded nonprofit organization filed a lawsuit protecting itself from ‘ongoing destruction’ from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) filed a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Tuesday, claiming that DOGE had committed ‘literal trespass and takeover by force…of the Institute’s headquarters building on Constitution Avenue.’
The organization also accused the anti-waste initiative of ‘ongoing destruction of the Institute’s physical and electronic property.’
‘Defendants have been and are at this minute engaged in conduct that will cause the Institute irreparable harm that will prevent the Institute from performing any of its lawful functions and is likely to utterly destroy it,’ the lawsuit stated.
