The Department of Justice has opened a preliminary investigation into the brief attempted coup d’etat at the US Institute of Peace to determine if filing criminal charges is appropriate. The report, first posted by the Daily Caller, says, “the DOJ is examining whether certain USIP actions — such as the removal and destruction of internal and external door locks — created illegal fire hazards. The official also flagged the widespread distribution of internal flyers instructing USIP staff not to cooperate with incoming Trump administration officials as potentially obstructive conduct.”
This investigation comes from a short-lived rebellion by the existing leadership of the USIP and some staff against President Trump’s order to replace most of the board members. In the end, it took the intervention of the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, the new…
