The chief govt of america 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 keeping with a new sworn statement first reported by Court Watch.
The assertion from the manager, George Moose, comes only a few days after a federal choose ruled 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 started its takeover of USIP in mid-March after a standoff that noticed the nonprofit name the police on Musk’s authorities employees. Moose mentioned on the time that DOGE employees had “damaged into” the USIP headquarters in Washington, even if the nonprofit isn’t a part of the manager department and isn’t topic to the White Home’s whims.
“It was very clear that there was a want on the a part of the administration to dismantle lots 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 said the nonprofit’s headquarters seemed to be in respectable 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 employees 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 “basically 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 advised counsel possible water harm).”
Now, Moose mentioned USIP has “engaged a non-public safety agency to protect the constructing and premises” and “taken over accountability for the constructing’s upkeep.”