• Watchdog says Comey violated FBI policies in handling of memos

    Watchdog says Comey violated FBI policies in handling of memos

    Aug 29, 2019 03:05 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump in the weeks before Comey was fired as bureau director, the Justice Department's inspector general said Thursday. The watchdog's office said Comey broke FBI rules by giving one memo containing ...

  • How detention causes long-term harm to children

    How detention causes long-term harm to children

    Aug 22, 2019 10:18 PM EDT

    “Thousands of children may have been separated during an influx that began in 2017, before the accounting required by the court,” the inspector general’s report said. By June 2018, nearly 20 percent of children who officials had accounted for were under age 13, Kaiser Health News reported, and ...

  • U.S. prisons chief removed after Epstein's death

    U.S. prisons chief removed after Epstein's death

    Aug 19, 2019 05:24 PM EDT

    ... joined the bureau in 1998. He had also served in the Education Department, the Food and Drug Administration and worked for NASA's office of inspector general. He returned to the prison agency in 2015 and was appointed acting director by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in 2018. He also ...

  • News Wrap: Hong Kong braces for weekend of demonstrations

    News Wrap: Hong Kong braces for weekend of demonstrations

    Aug 16, 2019 10:55 PM EDT

    ... his close aide Army Colonel Kathryn Spletstoser. Hyten's polygraph test was also deemed to be inconclusive. A separate report from the Defense Department's inspector general could be made public as early as next week. Hyten has denied the assault claim. He faces a full Senate confirmation vote next ...

  • Trump appoints student loan industry executive to be top loan watchdog

    Trump appoints student loan industry executive to be top loan watchdog

    Aug 16, 2019 10:47 PM EDT

    ... loan borrowers who work in public service jobs to get part of their loan balances forgiven. A report written by the Department of Education's Inspector General's Office released earlier this year found that FedLoan employees received a "fail" grade on interactions with borrowers 11% of the time, far ...

  • Medical examiner rules Epstein death a suicide by hanging

    Medical examiner rules Epstein death a suicide by hanging

    Aug 16, 2019 08:30 PM EDT

    ... put back in a high-security housing unit where he was less closely monitored, but still supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes. Attorney General William Barr says officials have uncovered "serious irregularities" at the jail. The FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general are both investigating Epstein ...

  • News Wrap: Hong Kong’s airport again crippled by protests

    News Wrap: Hong Kong’s airport again crippled by protests

    Aug 13, 2019 10:55 PM EDT

    ... a new report out today finds that child care costs in most states exceed federal subsidies for low-income parents. That's according to the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS. Each state decides how to allocate funds from an $8 billion national block ...

  • Guards suspended, warden reassigned after Epstein death

    Guards suspended, warden reassigned after Epstein death

    Aug 13, 2019 07:17 PM EDT

    ... said the warden of another facility in upstate New York has been named the acting warden at MCC. The FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general are investigating Epstein's death. One of Epstein's guards the night he took his own life was not a regular correctional officer ...

  • Attorney general says 'irregularities' found at jail where Epstein died

    Attorney general says 'irregularities' found at jail where Epstein died

    Aug 12, 2019 06:15 PM EDT

    ... We are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation. The FBI and the office of inspector general are doing just that." He added: "We will get to the bottom of what happened and there will be accountability." The manner in ...

  • Epstein: How he died and what it means for his accusers

    Epstein: How he died and what it means for his accusers

    Aug 11, 2019 03:52 PM EDT

    Epstein had previously been injured with bruises to the neck while in custody, though it was not clear if those were self-inflicted or the result of an assault. The FBI and the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Justice will investigate his death. ___ WHAT WAS THE ...