Skye Perryman
Appearances
The Rachel Maddow Show
Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'
Thanks for having me.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'
Well, I think what you said is concerning and five alarm, I think is what you called it as it is, is what we're hearing. We're hearing concerning reports tonight from people who have been inside the Institute of Peace. And this is really, unfortunately, a pattern. It sounds unbelievable. It sounds terrifying because it is. But this is becoming a pattern.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'
We've seen this at other agencies, including the African Development Foundation, where we also have litigation pending on behalf of its chair, who, by the way, is a Republican that is having to sue because the president is unlawfully removing him and there was a confrontation. And now we have this potentially armed confrontation today. This is not America, but this is what is happening in 2025.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'
Yes, we actually have been trying to seek that information from the government under the Freedom of Information Act, which you've talked about on your show before, that entitles all Americans to have this information. And the government has refused to provide it. And so that's why we are now again in federal court. seeking to have disclosure of communications, of documents.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'
That's one of many cases that we have pending right now to really understand what's happening with Doge, with Elon Musk, by the way, because no one voted for Elon Musk or for this sort of force.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'
This is completely unprecedented. And when you talk to experts that study societies that are in decline, democracies that are in decline, you find these kind of skirmishes between different parts of the government, sometimes with force. And so it's highly concerning this is happening in the United States in 2025.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'
That is why our team at Democracy Forward, of course, is in court every day challenging these actions, trying to help the American people figure out what is going on with their own government. But this is quite concerning and unprecedented.