• News Wrap: American WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug possession in Russia

    News Wrap: American WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug possession in Russia

    Jul 07, 2022 10:50 PM EDT

    ... already serving 22.5 years on state charges of murder and manslaughter. The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service has asked the Treasury Department's inspector general to launch a probe into the intensive tax audits of two former top FBI officials. Yesterday, The New York Times reported that the ...

  • Lawyer who advised Trump on the 2020 election results says federal agents seized phone

    Lawyer who advised Trump on the 2020 election results says federal agents seized phone

    Jun 27, 2022 11:25 PM EDT

    ... to overturn the election results. Eastman said the agents who approached him appeared to be serving a warrant from the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General. The action was disclosed in a filing in federal court in New Mexico in which Eastman challenges the legitimacy of the warrant, calling ...

  • News Wrap: FDA advisory panel recommends Moderna's vaccine for children ages 6 to 17

    News Wrap: FDA advisory panel recommends Moderna's vaccine for children ages 6 to 17

    Jun 14, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... funeral coverage. Today, investigators told Congress that officials put speed ahead of fraud prevention in the Trump and the Biden administration. Michael Horowitz, Justice Department Inspector General: No one is suggesting in the I.G. community, the oversight community you wait weeks or months. I just think there were several ...

  • WATCH: U.S. government failed to take prevent fraud in COVID-19 relief programs, Clyburn says

    WATCH: U.S. government failed to take prevent fraud in COVID-19 relief programs, Clyburn says

    Jun 14, 2022 01:35 PM EDT

    ... suggested standardizing the data collected by states to make it easier for federal authorities to spot possibly fraudulent patterns. The SBA’s Office of the Inspector General has estimated that at least $80 billion distributed from the $400 billion EIDL program could have been fraudulent, much of it in scams ...

  • Olympic gymnasts sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar sue FBI for $1 billion

    Olympic gymnasts sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar sue FBI for $1 billion

    Jun 08, 2022 01:37 PM EDT

    ... team doctor. But the FBI did not open a formal investigation or inform federal or state authorities in Michigan, according to the Justice Department's inspector general, an internal watchdog. Los Angeles agents in 2016 began a sexual tourism investigation against Nassar and interviewed several victims but also didn’t ...

  • Government watchdog report details Taliban’s rapid takeover in Afghanistan

    Government watchdog report details Taliban’s rapid takeover in Afghanistan

    May 18, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called a strategic defeat. Why? The first U.S. government report to answer that question is from the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, John Sopko, who joins me now. Welcome back to... John Sopko, Special Spector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: Pleasure to be ...

  • WATCH: GOP splinters over $40 billion supplemental funding for Ukraine

    WATCH: GOP splinters over $40 billion supplemental funding for Ukraine

    May 16, 2022 06:25 PM EDT

    ... U.S. strategy ahead. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky single-handedly blocked a vote on the latest package last week as he demanded an inspector general's report on how the money is being spent.The libertarian-leaning Paul routinely blocks spending bills with a filibuster, but he is ...

  • McConnell leads GOP Senate delegation in secret meeting with Zelenskyy in Ukraine

    McConnell leads GOP Senate delegation in secret meeting with Zelenskyy in Ukraine

    May 14, 2022 05:45 PM EDT

    ... allies build up their militaries. Passage was delayed Thursday by Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who demanded the inclusion of a proposal to have an inspector general scrutinize the new spending. But final approval is not in doubt and could come in the week ahead, reflecting overwhelming support in Congress ...

  • Federal report finds unsafe conditions in New Mexico migrant jail

    Federal report finds unsafe conditions in New Mexico migrant jail

    Mar 18, 2022 09:43 PM EDT

    ... guise of legitimate oversight," Steve Owen, a spokesman, said in an email to The Associated Press.Immigration and Customs Enforcement sided with CoreCivic, saying the inspector general "ignored facts presented to it in order to achieve preconceived conclusions," according to the report. In May, DHS, which oversees the immigration agency ...

  • Jury begins deliberating in first trial of a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter

    Jury begins deliberating in first trial of a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter

    Mar 08, 2022 04:51 PM EDT

    ... they reported him to law enforcement after the attack on Jan. 6, 2021. WATCH: House Administration hearing on Jan. 6 attack with the Capitol Police Inspector General Reffitt, 49, of Wylie, Texas, didn't testify at his trial, which started last Wednesday. His attorney, William Welch, didn't present any ...