• 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 ...

  • WATCH: Labor officials testify on how the government is protecting workers from COVID-19

    WATCH: Labor officials testify on how the government is protecting workers from COVID-19

    May 28, 2020 02:17 PM EST

    ... the organization tasked with protecting our health and safety," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. A group of Senate Democrats asked the Labor Department's inspector general to investigate OSHA's inspections and citations related to COVID-19. The lawmakers, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., also want the ...

  • Trump opposition throws surveillance legislation in doubt

    Trump opposition throws surveillance legislation in doubt

    May 27, 2020 11:19 PM EST

    ... not something to play politics with." The statements underscored the tortuous process Congress has faced in renewing the surveillance powers in the wake of an inspector general report that documented serious errors and mistakes in how the FBI used its authorities during the Russia investigation. Those problems included errors and ...

  • Graham calls Rosenstein as first witness in Russia inquiry

    Graham calls Rosenstein as first witness in Russia inquiry

    May 27, 2020 10:07 PM EST

    ... his first months on the job, Rosenstein also signed off on renewing the final application to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded in a December report that the investigation, which started in July 2016 during the Obama administration, was opened for a ...

  • News Wrap: Afghan government begins releasing Taliban prisoners

    News Wrap: Afghan government begins releasing Taliban prisoners

    May 26, 2020 10:50 PM EST

    ... Chinese army garrison in Hong Kong said today that his troops will firmly enforce Beijing's orders.Back in this country, the Pentagon's deputy inspector general, Glenn Fine, resigned weeks after he was removed as overseer of pandemic relief spending. In a brief statement, he praised the watchdog role ...

  • WATCH: HHS watchdog who found testing shortages testifies that Trump barbs haven't deterred her

    WATCH: HHS watchdog who found testing shortages testifies that Trump barbs haven't deterred her

    May 26, 2020 02:41 PM EST

    Trump called the report, based on a late March survey of 323 hospitals nationwide, "just wrong” and suggested that its conclusions were skewed by politics. “Give me the name of the inspector general,” Trump told reporters. “Could politics be entered into that?” Trump later dismissed the report on Twitter as ...