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Showdown at Foggy Bottom: DOGE Uses Police to Evict Barricaded Bureaucrats

DOGE employees, with the aid of a master key and DC Metropolitan Police Department officers, finally gained control of the massive office building in Foggy Bottom on Monday, ending a standoff by US Institute of Peace bureaucrats barricaded in their offices. On Monday evening, DOGE employees accompanied by MPD officers and high-ranking administration officials stormed the building using a master key provided by the building security service, precipitating a brief scuffle before the building was liberated.

The incident began on February 19, when President Trump signed an executive order firing the head of the USIP, replacing him with a State Department official, and ordering the agency wound down to its “statutory minimum.” The chairman of USIP's board, George Moose, determined that President Trump did not have the authority to take over the agency. Friday evening, DOGE staffers arrived and were denied entry to the building.

The opening salvo of the executive branch-USIP clash came Friday night when Jackson, the newly appointed USIP president, arrived at headquarters with DOGE staffers and FBI agents to enforce Trump’s leadership changes, the official said. A USIP lawyer, apparently recognizing a few faces from the flyer, carped that the order was unlawful and invalid, prompting the Trump officials to withdraw for the night. Over the weekend, Moose and other USIP