Sen. earlier raised concerns about officials resigning while investigations were under way to avoid formal charges. Image: Kristi Blokhin/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has asked the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office to review sexual harassment at the FBI and the disciplinary actions taken in response, saying the agency has not responded to concerns he raised earlier.
“FBI employees should not have to suffer under daily abuse and misconduct by their colleagues and supervisors. Accordingly, I am requesting that you immediately open a review of the Justice Department’s and FBI’s management of sexual misconduct claims, including how many employees who separated from federal service before the resolution of an investigation received the required notice in their personnel file,” Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said.
Grassley also asked the IG to examine whether a record keeping system “includes full and complete data, and the unequal application of disciplinary rules.”
Based on documents he received from a whistleblower, Grassley earlier raised concerns including about officials resigning while investigations were under way so that there would be no formal charges in their records, and that more serious disciplinary actions were taken against lower-level employees than for higher-level employees for comparable misconduct.
Grassley, a long-time advocate for federal whistleblowers who won reelection last week, initially did not release those documents but since has done so.
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