In a Thursday ruling, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell rejected the request by several former USIP board members, saying there was “confusion in the complaint on a number of levels.” However, she was staunchly critical of the Trump administration for its decision to get the Metropolitan Police Department, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and FBI involved in the dispute.
“I’m very offended by how DOGE has operated at the institute,” Howell said, according to the Washington Post. “But that concern about how this has gone down is not one that can sway me in my consideration of factors of the TRO.”
She added that DOGE staffers treated the USIP staffers “abominably.”
USIP has been embroiled in a dispute with DOGE since Friday, when the organization blocked DOGE staffers from entering the building with FBI agents in tow. President…
