• House committees subpoena top Pompeo aides over inspector general firing

    House committees subpoena top Pompeo aides over inspector general firing

    Aug 04, 2020 12:35 AM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have subpoenaed four top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying that the Trump administration is stonewalling their investigation into the firing of the State Department's top independent watchdog earlier this year. Former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick appeared for a closed-door ...

  • News Wrap: Ousted intelligence inspector general urges other watchdogs to speak up

    News Wrap: Ousted intelligence inspector general urges other watchdogs to speak up

    Apr 06, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, the former inspector general for U.S. intelligence is urging other watchdogs not to be muzzled by his ouster. Michael Atkinson was fired by President Trump Friday for passing along the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump's impeachment. Also, the State Department has designated ...

  • DOJ inspector general finds Russia probe was appropriately opened -- but Barr disagrees

    DOJ inspector general finds Russia probe was appropriately opened -- but Barr disagrees

    Dec 09, 2019 11:55 PM EDT

    But, first, to distinguish, what the inspector general found was that the investigation itself, the broad Russia investigation, was appropriately opened under FBI and Department of Justice procedures. After it was opened, the inspector general details mistakes that were made in the application process regarding the investigation of one of ...

  • DOJ inspector general finds no bias in FBI's Russia probe

    DOJ inspector general finds no bias in FBI's Russia probe

    Dec 09, 2019 06:31 PM EDT

    ... Clinesmith. The inspector general’s report says officials notified the attorney general and FBI director and provided them with information about the altered email. The inspector general conducted more than 170 interviews involving more than 100 witnesses, including former FBI director James Comey, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former Deputy ...

  • Read the full DOJ inspector general's report on the FBI's Russia probe

    Read the full DOJ inspector general's report on the FBI's Russia probe

    Dec 09, 2019 06:26 PM EDT

    A highly-anticipated report from the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice finds no evidence of political bias in the launch of the initial FBI investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign, but is highly critical of FBI officials for “basic and fundamental errors” in how parts of ...

  • Lawyer: 2nd Trump whistleblower spoke to inspector general

    Lawyer: 2nd Trump whistleblower spoke to inspector general

    Oct 06, 2019 02:04 PM EDT

    A second whistleblower has spoken to the intelligence community's internal watchdog and has information that backs the original whistleblower's complaint about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, according to the lawyer for the two.

  • Read what the inspector general said about the 'urgent' whistleblower concern

    Read what the inspector general said about the 'urgent' whistleblower concern

    Sep 19, 2019 07:08 PM EDT

    ... Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire decided not to forward the complaint to Congress after consulting with the Department of Justice. In the letters, Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who is the internal watchdog for the intelligence community, details his concerns and states he believes the complaint being kept from ...

  • Government agency ignored Constitution when it approved Trump hotel lease, inspector general says

    Government agency ignored Constitution when it approved Trump hotel lease, inspector general says

    Jan 16, 2019 10:48 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The inspector general for the General Services Administration says the agency improperly ignored the U.S. Constitution's emoluments provision outlawing foreign gifts when it approved President Donald Trump's management of his Washington hotel soon after his 2016 election. The GSA's inspector general said in a report ...

  • Inspector general reviewing FBI's handling of Nassar sexual abuse allegations

    Inspector general reviewing FBI's handling of Nassar sexual abuse allegations

    Sep 05, 2018 07:35 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating how the FBI handled sexual abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar. That's according to a person familiar with the matter, who wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press ...

  • WATCH LIVE: Justice Department inspector general, FBI head to testify on watchdog report

    WATCH LIVE: Justice Department inspector general, FBI head to testify on watchdog report

    Jun 18, 2018 06:00 PM EDT

    ... investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. EST. Watch it in the player above. Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who released the report last week, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside FBI director Christopher Wray. The report from ...