• Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center

    Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center

    Sep 15, 2020 10:32 PM EST

    ... Service and Irwin County. It's run by the private LaSalle Corrections, a Louisiana company. ICE said it does not comment on matters before the inspector general but that it takes all allegations seriously. “That said, in general, anonymous, unproven allegations, made without any fact-checkable specifics, should be treated ...

  • Search continues for gunman who shot Los Angeles County deputies

    Search continues for gunman who shot Los Angeles County deputies

    Sep 14, 2020 03:01 PM EST

    ... Editorial Director Nancy Barnes said the network was “appalled” by the arrest of a reporter doing her job. The office of the Los Angeles County Inspector General, which oversees investigations and actions of the sheriff’s department, has opened an investigation into the reporter’s arrest. Protesters have railed against ...

  • Prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns

    Prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns

    Sep 11, 2020 09:28 PM EST

    ... that prosecution did not allege a broader conspiracy within the FBI, and the conduct it involved had largely been laid out in a Justice Department inspector general report from last December. It is not clear if Durham will be able to conclude his work before the election, though Barr has ...

  • Trump Homeland Security pick faces hurdles to confirmation

    Trump Homeland Security pick faces hurdles to confirmation

    Sep 11, 2020 08:23 PM EST

    DHS spokesman Alexei Woltornist has said the agency denies there is "any truth," to the complaint Murphy made to the agency's Office of Inspector General, which provided additional ammunition to Wolf critics who were already accusing him of politicizing the agency by deploying federal forces against protesters in Portland ...

  • States take lessons from chaotic primary season to prepare for an unprecedented election

    States take lessons from chaotic primary season to prepare for an unprecedented election

    Sep 10, 2020 09:33 PM EST

    “It gives me great confidence in the system,” he said. But voters have expressed concerns about mail-in ballots for a range of reasons. An audit released last week by the U.S. Postal Service’s inspector general determined that seven processing and distribution facilities failed to deliver 1 ...

  • DHS whistleblower says agency leaders pressured him to suppress intel that Trump would find objectionable

    DHS whistleblower says agency leaders pressured him to suppress intel that Trump would find objectionable

    Sep 09, 2020 08:07 PM EST

    ... deputy under secretary in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis. He is seeking to be reinstated in a complaint filed with the DHS Office of Inspector General. Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, released the complaint, which he said contained “grave and disturbing” allegations. He said Murphy ...

  • Peter Strzok on why he believes Trump is 'compromised' by Russia

    Peter Strzok on why he believes Trump is 'compromised' by Russia

    Sep 08, 2020 10:30 PM EST

    So, the idea that somehow we wanted to do that flies in the face of common sense. And, furthermore, there have been exhaustive investigations. There have been two inspector general investigations. There have been multiple looks by various U.S. attorneys. There have been investigations by both the House and ...

  • Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates

    Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates

    Sep 01, 2020 06:05 PM EST

    ... contemplated giving such "defensive briefings" to the Trump campaign but decided against it for fear of compromising an ongoing investigation, according to a Justice Department inspector general report. Under the new policy, no application on a candidate or staffer could be submitted unless the FBI director has decided that a ...

  • House readies contempt resolution as Pompeo defies subpoenas

    House readies contempt resolution as Pompeo defies subpoenas

    Aug 28, 2020 11:04 PM EST

    ... out in lengthy court battles.The State Department has also defied subpoenas in the committee's investigation of Trump's firing of the department's inspector general, Steve Linick, which Democrats have alleged came in retaliation for probes of Pompeo that the watchdog was conducting. Pompeo has denied knowledge of ...

  • Health agencies' credibility at risk after week of blunders

    Health agencies' credibility at risk after week of blunders

    Aug 28, 2020 05:19 PM EST

    ... time when the capacity of the federal government to advance public health should be a priority for all policymakers," said Daniel Levinson, the former longtime inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees both the FDA and the CDC. Trump administration officials said Wednesday ...