Washington – The majority of employees of the US Institute of Peace. Elon Musk’s The government’s efficiency department received notices by email from its mass dismissal, the last step in reducing the Trump administration government.
Electronic emails, sent to personal accounts because most staff members had lost access to the organization’s system, began to leave around 9 pm on Friday, according to people familiar with the matter they talked about about the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
A former high -ranking official at the Institute said that among the saved were several in the Human Resources department and a handful of foreign employees who have until April 9 to return to the United States. The organization has around 300 people.
Other retained for now are regional vice presidents who will work with staff in their areas to return to the United States, according to an employee who was affected.
A Executive order Last month of President Donald Trump attacked the organization, which seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, and three other agencies for closing. The members of the Board, nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and the president of the Institute were fired. Later, there was a confrontation among employees who blocked Doge members to enter the headquarters of the Institute near the State Department. Doge staff got access partly with the help of the Washington Police.
There was a lawsuit, and American district judge Beryl Howell Dux representatives punished Because of their behavior, but it did not restore the members of the Board or allow employees to return to the work space.
A White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in an email on Saturday that the institute “has not fulfilled peace” and that Trump “is carrying out his mandate to eliminate swelling and save taxpayers’ dollars.”
The letter to employees said that until Friday, “his job with us will conclude,” according to a long time employee who shared part of the communication. A second email, obtained by the AP, said the endings were in the president’s direction.
The workers were delivered until April 7 to clear their desks.
George Foot, a former lawyer of the Institute, said goodbye this month who is with one of the companies that provide advice in the current demand, said the lawyers consulted on Saturday to discuss possible next steps. He said that employees are not part of the pending demand, so they would have to present a separate case.
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Associated Press writer Ellen Knickmeyer contributed to this report.
