The video shows DC officers coordinating with DOGE officials during the standoff at the institute’s Washington headquarters on March 17, 2025.
Newly released body camera footage from Washington, DC, police showed the tense confrontation that unfolded when officials with the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attempted to take control of the US Institute of Peace (USIP) in 2025.
The Metropolitan Police Department released hours of body-worn camera video after a court ordered the department to make the footage public as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by independent journalist Marisa Kabas, and a judge ruled that the department had to release the full, unredacted footage.