• Misconduct by federal jail guards led to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, DOJ watchdog says

    Misconduct by federal jail guards led to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, DOJ watchdog says

    Jun 27, 2023 04:11 PM EST

    ... the second time in six months that Horowitz has blamed a high-profile inmate’s death on the Bureau of Prisons’ failings. In December, the inspector general found that management failures, flawed policies and widespread incompetence were factors in notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger’s 2018 beating death at a ...

  • WATCH: Special Counsel Durham testifies on FBI investigation on Trump campaign in House hearing

    WATCH: Special Counsel Durham testifies on FBI investigation on Trump campaign in House hearing

    Jun 21, 2023 01:04 PM EST

    ... departure of his top deputy, and the fact that many of his more damning findings were already revealed years earlier in a Justice Department inspector general report. His investigation yielded just one guilty plea from a little-known FBI lawyer, a case referred to his office by the inspector general ...

  • Report says DOJ resisted investigating Trump's role in Jan. 6 for over a year

    Report says DOJ resisted investigating Trump's role in Jan. 6 for over a year

    Jun 19, 2023 10:45 PM EST

    ... Davis:  Well, it's interesting.  There really became such a split, where you had prosecutors had to turn to the U.S. Postal Service inspector, the National Archives inspector general agents, and they were the ones helping the prosecutors subpoena and do the grand jury work and months late ...

  • How billions in COVID-19 pandemic relief aid was stolen or wasted

    How billions in COVID-19 pandemic relief aid was stolen or wasted

    Jun 14, 2023 11:48 PM EST

    Fraud in pandemic unemployment assistance programs stands at $76 billion, according to congressional testimony from Labor Department Inspector General Larry Turner. That’s a conservative estimate. Another $115 billion mistakenly went to people who should not have received the benefits, according to his testimony. Turner declined AP’s request for ...

  • WATCH: House hearing examines law enforcement staffing challenges at the U.S. border

    WATCH: House hearing examines law enforcement staffing challenges at the U.S. border

    Jun 06, 2023 02:03 PM EST

    A House Oversight subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on the staffing and morale challenges at the southwest border. Watch the hearing in the player above. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari testified before the House subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs that inadequate staffing to ...

  • WATCH: Former FBI employees accuse bureau of 'weaponization' against conservatives

    WATCH: Former FBI employees accuse bureau of 'weaponization' against conservatives

    May 19, 2023 01:18 AM EST

    “I’m hopeful that scrutiny from Congress and from the inspector general will deter the FBI from abusing the security clearance process to retaliate against others the way it’s retaliated against me,” Allen told the committee. The FBI, though, has said that of the nearly 80,000 staff ...

  • WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as Russia continues missile barrage on Ukraine

    WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as Russia continues missile barrage on Ukraine

    May 18, 2023 05:12 PM EST

    ... inspections when possible, but also virtual inspections when needed, since those teams are not going to the front lines. In late February, the Pentagon’s inspector general said his office has found no evidence yet that any of the billions of dollars in weapons and aid to Ukraine has been ...

  • 8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas as agency struggles with overcrowding

    8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas as agency struggles with overcrowding

    May 18, 2023 02:42 PM EST

    ... spoke with the consul. Customs and Border Protection’s internal affairs office will investigate the girls’ death in Texas, and the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general and Harlingen police have been notified, Miller said. Sgt. Larry Moore, a spokesman for the Harlingen Police Department, said he had no information ...

  • Justice Department watchdog finds U.S. attorney in Massachusetts tried to influence DA election

    Justice Department watchdog finds U.S. attorney in Massachusetts tried to influence DA election

    May 17, 2023 08:52 PM EST

    ... s exceedingly rare for a U.S. attorney to resign amid ethics concerns, and Rollins' move is an embarrassment for the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick Garland, who pledged to restore its reputation for political independence after tumultuous years under Republican President Donald Trump. The inspector general's investigation ...

  • Durham report criticizes FBI investigation into Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia

    Durham report criticizes FBI investigation into Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia

    May 15, 2023 10:56 PM EST

    William Brangham:  As you mentioned before, the inspector general of the Department of Justice issued a report several years ago that covered a lot of this material.    And, then, the FBI and the DOJ had to respond to that. Have they, FBI or DOJ, responded to this revelation today ...