A federal judge spent on Monday that the Trump administration’s acquisition of the American Institute for Peace is illegal, and the efforts made by the Ministry of Governmental efficiency to dismantle the agency “null and void”, according to the court’s files.
The referee of the federal judge in DC Bearel Hug says that President Donald Trump’s efforts unilaterally to dissolve the agency, which operates primarily as a research tank that supports both the executive and legislative branch, exceeded its constitutional powers and violated the basic system that established the USP.
“The president’s efforts here to take over those borders, unlike the statute established by Congress, power and threats using local and unionist law enforcement employees, represented a serious attack of power and a way to implement unnecessary government affairs in order to afflict the leader who is committed to reducing the effort.
“The United States Peace Institute has worked to spread peace and stability around the world for 40 years through its research, training and peace -building activities. Today’s USIP rule allows to continue this work,” said a statement issued by the agency that followed the ruling.
In a hearing in March, officials who were expelled from USP were described in dramatic detail, which was essentially a forced acquisition of the agency by DOGE, with the help of armed clients with the FBI, members of the Capital Police Department and officials of the DCUS lawyer office.
“This behavior is to use law enforcement, threaten criminal investigations, and the use of armed law enforcement from three different agencies … to implement the executive order … with all this targeting, most likely employees and employees at the institute when there are many other legal methods to achieve goals … why?” Why? “He asked Hill.” Just because Dog is in a hurry? “
But at the time, Judge Hawal refused to seek emergency from the claimants to return the USIP board, saying they failed to meet the high legal burden that guarantees a temporary temporary matter.
The point of view of the United States Peace Institute (USIP), March 18, 2025, in Washington, DC
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“I felt very insulting about how Doj worked at the institute and treating American citizens trying to do a job that has been legally assigned to the institute,” he wrote in March. “But this anxiety … it is not what I have to influence me to consider TRO factors.”
On its governor on Monday, Howle indicated that USIP is unique in its position as a mix between an executive branch agency and a private non -profit institution – and that Trump’s aggressive approach to toppling the members of the board of directors and replacing them with DOGE officials seems to violate a law that requires Congress.
“The procedures that occurred … in the direction of the president to reduce USIP to” legal minimum “-including the removal of the USIP president, replacement by officials belonging to Doge, ending almost all USIP employees, and transferring judicial property, which cannot be legal authority. He asked,” Huil wrote. “
The administration is likely to appeal the ruling, making it one of a number of legal battles continuing to appeal in relation to the authorities of the removal of President Trump.
