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... should face accountability if he did. Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat and Marine veteran, asked Hegseth whether he would hold himself accountable if the inspector general found that he placed classified information on Signal.Hegseth would not directly say, only noting that he serves “at the pleasure of the ...
... under a Biden-era program, CBS News White House correspondent Nancy Cordes offered additional reporting and asked a follow-up question. "Your [Department of Justice Inspector General] just reported this year that there was thorough vetting by DHS and by the FBI of these Afghans who were brought into the ...
... key or regular delivery until she proved she owned the property. She did so, the documents say, but the mail problems continued, despite the USPS Inspector General instructing the mail to be delivered. Konan alleges the employees marked some of the mail as undeliverable or return to sender. Konan and ...
... used tear gas. Viral videos captured federal officers arresting people and hustling them into unmarked vehicles. A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found that while the federal government had legal authority to deploy the officers, many of them lacked the training and equipment necessary for ...
... to a mafia don. The Justice Department, during Trump’s first term, declined to prosecute Comey over his handling of his memos. The department’s inspector general did issue a harshly critical report in 2019 that said Comey violated FBI policies, including by failing to return the documents to the ...
... it, and yet prosecutors have not pursued cases against senior FBI officials. Prosecutors in the first Trump Justice Department declined to prosecute Comey following an inspector general review into his handling of memos documenting his conversations with Trump in the weeks before he was fired. He also was not charged ...
... to discuss sensitive military plans. He has denied being removed from the post and insisted the chat met the administration’s cybersecurity standards. The Pentagon inspector general is investigating. WATCH: Waltz ousted as national security adviser, nominated for UN role in White House shakeup Trump tapped Waltz in May to ...
... who is in this first nominee squadron. All have some bipartisan support. Included are a large number of assistant and deputy secretaries, and a new inspector general for the CIA. There are a few big names with some plum assignments. Kimberly Guilfoyle, former adviser to the Trump campaign and ex ...
... Colorado Springs. WATCH: ‘We’re going in.’ Trump vows to send troops to Chicago over objections of local leaders A review by the Defense Department inspector general was inconclusive and could not determine why Colorado was chosen over Alabama. Trump, a Republican who enjoys deep support in Alabama, had long ...
... there’s no photo in the system. And the system is not without critics. A 2021 review of E-Verify by the Office of the Inspector General concluded that until U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services addresses the system's shortcomings, “it cannot ensure the system provides accurate employment eligibility ...
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