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2024-12-31 Government Corruption

Three senior DOJ officials leaked non-public investigative information 'days before an election,' inspector general finds

[NYPOST] Three senior Justice Department officials violated internal policies and engaged in ''misconduct'' when they leaked details about a non-public investigation to the media ''days before an election,'' the agency's inspector general revealed Monday.

The DOJ's Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which has been run by Michael Horowitz since 2012, launched a probe after it received a complaint alleging that a ''politically motivated'' disclosure related to ''information about ongoing matters'' was made in the runup to an unspecified election.

''The OIG investigation found that three then Senior DOJ Officials violated DOJ's Confidentiality and Media Contacts Policy by leaking to select news hounds, days before an election, non-public DOJ investigative information regarding ongoing DOJ investigative matters, resulting in the publication of two news articles that included the non-public DOJ investigative information,'' the DOJ OIG said in a brief investigative summary.

''The OIG investigation also found that one of these three then Senior DOJ Officials violated the Confidentiality and Media Contacts Policy and DOJ's Social Media Policy by reposting through a DOJ social media account links to the news articles,'' the summary continued.

The three officials were no longer DOJ employees when the investigation began and declined or did not respond to interview requests, according to the OIG, which does not have the authority to compel testimony from former employees.

''The OIG has completed its investigation and provided its report to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and, because the report contained misconduct findings against attorneys, provided its report to the Professional Misconduct Review Unit for appropriate action,'' Horowitz's office said, adding that a report was also provided to the US Office of Special Counsel for potential Hatch Act violations to be investigated.

It's unclear what investigation the former DOJ employees are accused of leaking to media outlets.

In September, Sen. Chuck Grassley also wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray that was also forwarded to Horowitz, accusing the DOJ and FBI of ''leaking material and information to the media'' about an ultimately closed probe into President-elect Donald Trump

...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election. Then he beat Kamala while dodging bullets...

Posted by Fred 2024-12-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

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Shouldn't they face fines and/or jail time, Or at the least a permanent BAN from any Court/Legal System or Government employment?

Posted by NN2N1 2024-12-31 05:21|| 2024-12-31 05:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Our unelected minions in almost all agencies are out of control. Releasing info like that was intended to change or affect an election, treason and certainly lines with RICO, if you can charge a government official with RICO>

Posted by 49 Pan 2024-12-31 10:20|| 2024-12-31 10:20|| Front Page Top

#3 ... if you can charge a government official with RICO

It depends on the difference between "organized crime" and "government", which is to say, what the meaning of "is" is.

Posted by SteveS 2024-12-31 10:40|| 2024-12-31 10:40|| Front Page Top

#4 I would take the all the IGs, make them a Department, give them a building near Leavenworth and add ample prosecutors. All their cases would be tried in Kansas. I would then impeach every judge in the DC circuit, give mandatory immediate retirement to any judge who makes it through the gauntlet, and replace none of them.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-12-31 11:56|| 2024-12-31 11:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Leavenworth is pretty Blue. Cottonwood Falls would be a better place, or Beloit, or Medicine Lodge which already has a stockade. Not Wichita or Topeka which are controlled by the NEA.

Posted by bman 2024-12-31 12:21|| 2024-12-31 12:21|| Front Page Top

#6 A public hanging of these people would help limit this type of nonsense. Just saying.

Posted by DarthVader 2024-12-31 12:35|| 2024-12-31 12:35|| Front Page Top

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