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The watchdog’s attorney says she “has been a superlative IG.”
The White House is evaluating recommendations to remove or discipline the Federal Housing Finance Agency inspector general following investigations from a federal watchdog and a pair of Republican senators that found a pattern of misconduct and abuse of authority by the IG.
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency’s Integrity Committee and Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., sent letters to President Biden on April 14 and 28, respectively, about their separate investigations into top leadership at the FHFA IG office regarding whistleblower complaints starting in 2017. The issues are centered on IG Laura Wertheimer who was nominated by former President Obama and confirmed in 2014.