In an unprecedented legal meltdown, leftist NGO Democracy Forward has sued the US Marshals for their role in supporting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Most recently, DOGE was forced to call on the Marshals during a standoff with the African Development Foundation, a small federal agency that has sent over $100 million in aid to Africa.
For context, DOGE, headed by SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk, has been working around the clock to root out fraud and corruption within federal agencies. According to the experts, DOGE has saved billions of dollars by ending wasteful contracts, much to the joy of conservatives. Unsurprisingly, Democrats have opposed DOGE and sought to hamper its progress through cynical lawfare.
Such was shown when Democracy Forward made a press release on March 14, 2025, announcing that they had filed a suit against the Marshals. They wrote, “Today, Democracy Forward filed a suit to compel the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and release records of communication between USMS and Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and the judges overseeing cases related to the January 6th insurrection.”
Building on their tenuous argument, the NGO complained about federal law enforcement’s role in protecting DOGE. They added, “The suit is in response to troubling reports of DOGE’s potentially inappropriate uses of USMS. The suit seeks records to determine the extent to which DOGE is working with USMS to access federal buildings, deputize private security, and communicate with judges on pending cases related to January 6th.”
In the same document, Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward, went on an unhinged rant about DOGE. She said, “The United States Marshals Service plays a critical role in enforcing court orders, which couldn’t be more important as the courts continue to serve as a bulwark against the Trump administration’s abuses of power.”
Still not done, she claimed that Elon Musk and DOGE are overreaching their authority. She added, “The American people deserve for the USMS to fulfill its role protecting their interests, not for it to act as the personal security force in DOGE and Elon Musk’s campaign of government overreach.”
Providing additional context, Democracy Forward’s website offers a view into the far-left priorities of this Democratic slush fund. Their website reads,” In the wake of the 2016 election, it was clear that the number and severity of threats to democracy, social progress, and the rule of law would be unprecedented. So a dedicated and spirited group of people left coveted jobs and beloved colleagues to build something new: Democracy Forward.”
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Continuing their self-congratulatory screed, the NGO explained their long history of harassing Donald Trump. The same page read, “We created an innovative legal team that took the Trump administration to court more than 100 times, successfully challenging bad actors and their unlawful policies, shutting down corrupt committees created for special interests, and exposing unfair, unreasonable policies that stripped vulnerable communities of crucial protections.
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