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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.
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Grassley, Johnson call for removal of housing regulator watchdog
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, which oversees federal watchdogs across government agencies, concluded a three-year investigation and reported its findings to the White House earlier this month. To put it mildly, the only thing this watchdog appears to hunt is her own employees,” Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), pictured, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said in a letter to President Joe Biden Wednesday | Andrew Harnik, Pool/AP
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Senate Republicans are calling on the White House to fire the top watchdog for a federal housing regulator after investigators found that she and two deputies abused their authority.