FBI assistant director violated policy by failing to disclose relationship with junior staff member and letting it disrupt the workplace , DOJ watchdog finds
Jill C. Tyson engaged in a romantic relationship with a subordinate and failed to timely report the relationship , a report released Thursday found
Tyson, the assistant director of the Office of Congressional Affairs, was also involved in a hiring decision for the junior staffer
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released the findings of a one-year probe into her conduct Thursday
Tyson was not named but multiple sources identified her to the Washington Post
Sources said she has a close working relationship with FBI Director Chris Wray
Top FBI official let romantic relationship disrupt workplace, report finds
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Seven Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats demanded the FBI explain its use of a novel tip line implemented during a supplemental background investigation into then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
In a Tuesday letter to Director Chris Wray, Democratic senators accused the FBI of being “politically constrained by the Trump White House,” demanding to know what extent the agency vetted tips and whether the administration prevented it from doing so.
The letter was written by Sens. Dick Durbin, Patrick Leahy, Chris Coons, Cory Booker, Mazie Hirono, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Richard Blumenthal.
The accusation comes in response to a June 30 letter from Jill Tyson, assistant director for the FBI s Office of Congressional Affairs, addressed to Whitehouse and Coons detailing the agency’s supplemental background investigation into sexual assault allegations levied against Kavanaugh after he was nominated by former President Donald Tr