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NEW: DOGE is trying to gift itself a building worth $500 million, court filings show. It's the culmination of a dramatic battle between DOGE and the United States Institute of Peace, a Congressionally funded think tank. www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

wired.comDOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings ShowThe documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
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Tensions at USIP have been escalating for weeks, starting when the Trump administration fired the agency’s 10 board members on March 14 and USIP staffers denied DOGE representatives access at the front door.

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Three days later, DOGE staffers made their way into the building, reportedly using a physical key from a former security contractor. As of this past Friday, most USIP staffers have received termination notices.

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Court documents filed today reveal the next phase of DOGE’s plans for USIP: to transfer the institute's assets—including its real estate—to the General Services Administration, which DOGE took over in the first weeks of Trump's second term.

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To state this plainly: DOGE forced out the directors and staff of a nonexecutive agency, installed one of its own GSA staffers as president, and that person is now attempting to hand the institute’s $500 million headquarters over to the agency he came from, at zero cost.

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Isn't that a classic Mafia scam (the Pig Butchering scam, maybe?) Take over a business more or less legally, then gut it and distribute the assets to cronies (or yourself, if you can hide your tracks)?