• $286 million in stolen pandemic loans recovered, according to U.S. Secret Service

    $286 million in stolen pandemic loans recovered, according to U.S. Secret Service

    Aug 26, 2022 04:06 PM EDT

    ... helped to return $2.3 billion to state unemployment insurance programs.The latest seizure included a collaboration of efforts between Secret Service, the SBA's Inspector General, DOJ and other offices. Hannibal "Mike" Ware, the Small Business Administration's inspector general, said the joint investigations will continue "to ensure that ...

  • Afghanistan's former President Ashraf Ghani on the U.S. withdrawal and Taliban takeover

    Afghanistan's former President Ashraf Ghani on the U.S. withdrawal and Taliban takeover

    Aug 25, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    ... to leave, I would have left with something other than the Afghan clothes that I was wearing. Nick Schifrin: A recent report by the special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction found that it's unlikely to be true that you took millions of dollars when you left, which you have ...

  • Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan

    Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan

    Aug 22, 2022 04:01 PM EDT

    ... The report against Khan includes testimony from Magistrate Judge Ali Javed, who described being at the Islamabad rally on Saturday and hearing Khan criticize the inspector-general of Pakistan's police and another judge. Khan went on to reportedly say: "You also get ready for it, we will also take ...

  • Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tells IRS to develop modernization plan in 6 months

    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tells IRS to develop modernization plan in 6 months

    Aug 17, 2022 06:24 PM EDT

    ... controversial since 2013, when the IRS under the Obama administration was found to scrutinize political groups that applied for tax-exempt status. A Treasury Department Inspector General report found that both conservative and liberal groups were chosen for scrutiny. Most recently, Republican politicians and candidates have distorted how the climate ...

  • National Archives asks Secret Service to probe deleted texts sent around Jan. 6

    National Archives asks Secret Service to probe deleted texts sent around Jan. 6

    Jul 19, 2022 07:44 PM EDT

    ... the records,” the letter read. The potential loss of the records first came to light last week when the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press, told lawmakers that Secret Service messages between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, were erased ...

  • January 6th Committee to explore Trump’s failure to stop the insurrection

    January 6th Committee to explore Trump’s failure to stop the insurrection

    Jul 17, 2022 09:30 PM EDT

    Hugo Lowell: Right. And that's what they heard from the Inspector General for the DHS on Friday, they had a briefing behind closed doors. And according to my reporting, the DHS Inspector General told them things that really worried them, first of all, that the Secret Service's story ...

  • News Wrap: Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service over text messages

    News Wrap: Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service over text messages

    Jul 16, 2022 09:40 PM EDT

    ... on the U.S. Capitol. It marks the first time the committee has subpoenaed an executive agency that comes after the Department of Homeland Security inspector general told the panel the text messages were erased after the watchdog agency asked for the data as part of its ongoing investigation around ...

  • Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service for erased text messages

    Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service for erased text messages

    Jul 16, 2022 04:02 PM EDT

    ... Secret Service said it has provided a substantial number of emails and chat messages that included conversations and details related to Jan. 6 to the inspector general. It also said text messages from the Capitol Police requesting assistance on Jan. 6 were preserved and provided to the inspector general’s ...

  • Government watchdog says Secret Service agents deleted Jan. 6 text messages

    Government watchdog says Secret Service agents deleted Jan. 6 text messages

    Jul 15, 2022 03:41 PM EDT

    ... inspector general's office were not given timely access to the material because of a review by Homeland Security attorneys had been raised by the inspector general before and is also not true, he said. "DHS has repeatedly and publicly debunked this allegation, including in response to OIG's last ...

  • News Wrap: White suspect in Buffalo supermarket massacre charged with federal hate crimes

    News Wrap: White suspect in Buffalo supermarket massacre charged with federal hate crimes

    Jul 14, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... It turns out that the us Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and 6 shortly after an oversight official asked for them. The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security tells Congress that it happened during equipment replacement. It's not clear what the messages said. A ...