• News Wrap: Former DOJ employees call for investigation of Barr

    News Wrap: Former DOJ employees call for investigation of Barr

    Jun 10, 2020 10:50 PM EST

    ... Mike Pompeo's alleged use of staffers for personal errands.Pompeo responded this morning. Secretary Mike Pompeo: Steve Linick was a bad actor in the inspector general office here. He -- he didn't take on the mission of the State Department to make us better. That's what inspector generals ...

  • WATCH: Law enforcement officials testify on fraud schemes tied to COVID-19

    WATCH: Law enforcement officials testify on fraud schemes tied to COVID-19

    Jun 09, 2020 02:01 PM EST

    ... as well as unsolicited telephone calls and e-mails from individuals claiming to be IRS and Treasury employees. In March, the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office said it has seen marketing schemes rapidly pivot to offering tests for COVID-19 and “Senior Care Packages” with hand sanitizer ...

  • Coast Guard Academy faulted on response to racial incidents

    Coast Guard Academy faulted on response to racial incidents

    Jun 08, 2020 08:55 PM EST

    The U.S. Coast Guard Academy failed to properly address complaints of racial harassment, including the use of racial slurs by cadets, according to the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general. The academy in New London, Connecticut, said Monday it accepts the report's recommendations and is committed to ...

  • New York protests continue despite rain, pandemic and curfew

    New York protests continue despite rain, pandemic and curfew

    Jun 06, 2020 09:34 PM EST

    ... a 35 year-old black man with no relation to George Floyd, died on Wednesday after corrections officers pepper sprayed him. The Justice Department’s Inspector General is investigating the incident.   About 2 miles away, two other protests converged and marched together. organizers stopped after several blocks, and then led ...

  • Garcetti: Eliminating police would be the wrong response to misconduct

    Garcetti: Eliminating police would be the wrong response to misconduct

    Jun 05, 2020 10:40 PM EST

    And our inspector general is available for anybody else who has ones that need investigation. It's something that is not new now. I know a lot of people may be having these interactions for the first time in their life. That is something that we set up, not only ...

  • WATCH: Rosenstein says he wouldn't approve Russia warrant now

    WATCH: Rosenstein says he wouldn't approve Russia warrant now

    Jun 03, 2020 02:27 PM EST

    ... Carter Page on suspicion that he was a Russian agent. Page has denied wrongdoing and was never charged with a crime, and a Justice Department inspector general report identified significant errors and omissions in each of the applications submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The watchdog said the FBI ...

  • Senate confirms special watchdog for pandemic recovery

    Senate confirms special watchdog for pandemic recovery

    Jun 03, 2020 12:43 AM EST

    ... economic rescue law approved in March. Republicans pointed to his previous experience as an independent watchdog. Miller has worked at the Justice Department and was inspector general for nearly a decade at the General Services Administration, which oversees thousands of federal contracts. Miller helped force out the GSA's director ...

  • Democrats expand probe into firing of State Dept. watchdog

    Democrats expand probe into firing of State Dept. watchdog

    May 29, 2020 10:03 PM EST

    ... about Ukraine's role in the 2016 U.S. election. Democrats were probing Trump's pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democrats.Linick is the second inspector general to be fired who was involved with the impeachment process. Michael Atkinson, the former inspector general for the intelligence community, triggered the impeachment ...

  • AP report: Top U.S. official misused office to get son-in-law job

    AP report: Top U.S. official misused office to get son-in-law job

    May 29, 2020 08:08 PM EST

    ... you’re right. I was trying to influence the process to move along. That’s different than influencing the process to hire,'" the report said. Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt's office concluded Domenech's actions were specifically aimed at getting his son-in-law hired. “The evidence indicates Domenech ...

  • WATCH: Minority leader Kevin McCarthy holds weekly news briefing

    WATCH: Minority leader Kevin McCarthy holds weekly news briefing

    May 28, 2020 06:47 PM EST

    ... would just perpetuate the abuse that produced the Greatest Political Crime In the History of the U.S., the Russian Witch-Hunt. Fantastic Job!" An inspector general report documented serious mistakes in how the FBI used its authorities during its probe into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia ...