• Prosecutors quit Roger Stone case after DOJ lowers recommended prison time

    Prosecutors quit Roger Stone case after DOJ lowers recommended prison time

    Feb 11, 2020 08:40 PM EDT

    ... she repeatedly flouted his gag order. Meanwhile, Democrats decried the decision, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for an investigation by the DOJ's Inspector General. “The rule of law and this grand, grand tradition of this wonderful Justice Department is being totally perverted to Donald Trumps’ own personal ...

  • FBI director warns of ongoing Russian 'information warfare'

    FBI director warns of ongoing Russian 'information warfare'

    Feb 05, 2020 10:43 PM EDT

    ... either Biden. WATCH: Former FBI officials say Russian meddling used textbook tricks of Kremlin spycraft Wray's appearance was his first since a Justice Department inspector general report that sharply criticized the FBI's surveillance of former Trump campaign aide national security Carter Page. The errors produced rare bipartisan calls ...

  • Ally of Venezuela's Maduro hires D.C. lobbyist to build ties

    Ally of Venezuela's Maduro hires D.C. lobbyist to build ties

    Jan 27, 2020 10:51 PM EDT

    ... to ease sanctions and reset bilateral relations as the U.S.-backed campaign to oust the socialist leader stalls. The Maduro government’s top lawyer, Inspector General Reinaldo Muñoz, hired lobbyist Robert Stryk’s Sonoran Policy Group as part of a larger contract he signed with Foley & Lardner, a ...

  • AP Fact Check: Trump’s distortions are across the board

    AP Fact Check: Trump’s distortions are across the board

    Jan 11, 2020 10:06 PM EDT

    As for accountability, Trump claims that his law means bad VA employees are swiftly fired. But a report released in October by the VA inspector general found “significant deficiencies” in the accountability office established by the law, such as poor leadership, shoddy training of investigators and a failure to push ...

  • AP Fact Check: Lest old distortions be forgot

    AP Fact Check: Lest old distortions be forgot

    Jan 05, 2020 10:21 PM EDT

    ... consideration as crimes of a century. Aside from that hyperventilation, though, what to make of his claim that he was investigated illegally? The Justice Department inspector general’s report that Trump and his allies cite in his defense found “serious performance failures” up the chain of command in the conduct ...

  • Boeing capsule returns to Earth after aborted space mission

    Boeing capsule returns to Earth after aborted space mission

    Dec 22, 2019 03:23 PM EDT

    ... these Soyuz rides have cost NASA up to $86 million apiece, with the tab totaling in the billions. An audit last month by NASA's inspector general found a Starliner seat will cost slightly more than that, with a Dragon seat going for just over half the price. The Associated ...

  • AP Fact Check: Trump’s distorted letter to Dems and history

    AP Fact Check: Trump’s distorted letter to Dems and history

    Dec 21, 2019 10:25 PM EDT

    ... program. Trump routinely claims credit for it. But he only built on Obama’s achievement. On accountability, a report released last month by the VA inspector general found that the VA accountability office established under the 2017 law did not consistently conduct sound and unbiased investigations and may not have ...

  • DHS watchdog finds no wrongdoing in deaths of 2 migrant kids

    DHS watchdog finds no wrongdoing in deaths of 2 migrant kids

    Dec 21, 2019 08:44 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog found no wrongdoing or misconduct by immigration officials in the deaths of two migrant children last December. The Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security released two brief statements Friday evening on the deaths of Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin ...

  • For-profit prisons reap business benefit from Trump's immigration stance

    For-profit prisons reap business benefit from Trump's immigration stance

    Dec 20, 2019 11:45 PM EDT

    ... found in this system. ICE uses either five or six different methods to inspect these facilities, all of which the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has said are deficient. They don't do a good enough job of either analyzing the conditions that are in these facilities, or ...

  • Border officers say they felt unsafe enacting Trump asylum crackdown

    Border officers say they felt unsafe enacting Trump asylum crackdown

    Dec 20, 2019 06:17 PM EDT

    ... union official, Wiliam Haralson, discussed a formal grievance with CBP and alleged that the agency “caused traumatic and emotional injury to children.” Homeland Security's inspector general in September published a review prompted by another border officer who raised concerns about “metering,” this time at a border crossing station in ...