WASHINGTON—White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the former leadership of the United States Institute of Peace for “physically” barricading themselves in the building to prevent “political appointees of this administration” from assuming control.
Leavitt was responding to a question from The Daily Wire on the antics of USIP’s former leadership.
“We were made aware of this story by individuals at DOGE and Elon Musk’s team and also at the State Department who were unable to access this building,” Leavitt explained to The Daily Wire during a briefing at the White House on Wednesday.
“It became very clear that there was a concerted effort amongst the rogue bureaucrats at the United States Institute of Peace to actually physically barricade themselves, essentially, inside of the building to prevent political appointees of this administration who work at the…
