• Senate report details Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost

    Senate report details Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost

    Oct 07, 2021 04:29 PM EST

    ... how reliant the fragile U.S. election system is on the integrity of government officials. Trump's effort, now the subject of a Justice Department inspector general investigation, did not succeed and Biden took office on Jan. 20. Even so, the false claims over the election have fractured the nation ...

  • When the hospital emergency room is inundated with knee-deep water

    When the hospital emergency room is inundated with knee-deep water

    Sep 28, 2021 09:14 PM EST

    ... and put greater responsibility on local communities to manage and reduce their flood risk. In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General criticized the nation’s flood maps as too often being outdated and incorrect. “FEMA needs to improve its management and oversight of flood ...

  • Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other gymnasts on how FBI 'betrayed' them, 'enabled' Nassar

    Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other gymnasts on how FBI 'betrayed' them, 'enabled' Nassar

    Sep 15, 2021 10:45 PM EST

    Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX): If FBI did so little in the investigation that involved world-class athletes, what hope can an average American have? Amna Nawaz: The FBI's failures were laid out in a July report from the Justice Department's inspector general. It found FBI field offices ...

  • WATCH: FBI employees betrayed their duty in Nassar case, director Wray testifies

    WATCH: FBI employees betrayed their duty in Nassar case, director Wray testifies

    Sep 15, 2021 06:07 PM EST

    FBI Director Christopher Wray and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz appear before Senate committee to answer questions about USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women. Watch Wray's remarks in the player above. The hearing is part of a congressional ...

  • WATCH: Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, other gymnasts testify about Larry Nassar abuse investigation

    WATCH: Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, other gymnasts testify about Larry Nassar abuse investigation

    Sep 14, 2021 09:10 PM EST

    ... abusers have escaped justice, considering that even world-class athletes were ignored in this case.https://youtu.be/1MqbYhNwzQE The internal probe by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who testified alongside Wray, was spurred by allegations that the FBI failed to promptly address complaints made in 2015 against Nassar ...

  • Biden moves to declassify documents about 9/11 attacks

    Biden moves to declassify documents about 9/11 attacks

    Sep 03, 2021 08:22 PM EST

    ... assisted by a Saudi diplomat. They have long accused the government of stonewalling their demands for documents, and on Thursday, urged the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate the FBI's apparent inability to locate a photograph, video and other records they seek.The Justice Department revealed last month ...

  • USPS has shorted some workers' pay for years, CPI finds

    USPS has shorted some workers' pay for years, CPI finds

    Sep 01, 2021 06:59 PM EST

    ... then the Postal Service's head of delivery and operations, agreed to follow the recommendations. But the wage theft didn't stop. In 2018, the inspector general alerted postal leaders that more than 100 supervisors in the Boston area had changed time records, deleting hundreds of work hours from 814 ...

  • U.S. closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein died by suicide

    U.S. closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein died by suicide

    Aug 26, 2021 10:57 PM EST

    ... of the coronavirus, inmates' complaints about squalid conditions, a smuggled gun, an inmate's death and a revolving door of wardens. The Justice Department's inspector general has yet to complete an investigation into lapses that allowed the disgraced financier to end his life. Two correctional officers responsible for monitoring ...

  • Chicago watchdog harshly criticizes ShotSpotter system

    Chicago watchdog harshly criticizes ShotSpotter system

    Aug 24, 2021 06:48 PM EST

    ... violence rarely produces evidence of gun-related crime in the city, Chicago's watchdog agency concluded. In a scathing report released Tuesday, the Office of Inspector General's Public Safety section said the police department data it examined "does not support a conclusion that ShotSpotter is an effective tool in ...

  • Gerson and Capehart on Afghanistan, school mask mandates

    Gerson and Capehart on Afghanistan, school mask mandates

    Aug 20, 2021 10:35 PM EST

    ... where he happened upon transcripts of a series of interviews that were done with service members with the -- I think it was the Office of Inspector General, where they never -- they weren't talking to a reporter. They were talking to colleagues, where they were perfectly blunt about the mismanagement ...