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In a Thursday letter, a government watchdog group asked the DOJ’s independent inspector general to investigate whether department attorneys committed perjury or other crimes through a potentially improper attempt to keep the memo’s contents concealed amid a public records request. “If it turns out that they committed crimes in the process of doing so, they will have magnified the harm to the department’s already damaged reputation and compounded the effect of Barr’s lies to the American people,” read the letter from the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) to the DOJ inspector g...

POGO Urges New SEC Chair to Reform the Audit Industry May 26, 2021 Dear Chair Gensler: Congratulations on your recent confirmation as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). I write to you on behalf of the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) to provide several recommendations for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) that the commission can implement immediately on its own, and several where the commission can work with Congress to strengthen the laws governing this oversight system. These reforms will help President Joe Biden deliver on his promises to ens...

Critics of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), which provides legal advice to the White House and Cabinet agencies, have long argued it acts as a rubber stamp for the president and essentially drafts laws behind closed doors. The judge's accusation this week that the OLC was tasked with clearing Trump's name is only likely to increase calls for reform and greater transparency. Ethics and transparency advocates have been calling for the office to be reformed for years, and some are hoping that the latest revelation about how it operated during the Trump administration will provide some momentum...

Trump's Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite racked up $2.3m air travel bill during eight months in office - including $232,000 trip to Wake Island where NO sailors or Marines are stationed Kenneth Braithwaite, the navy secretary under President  Trump, spent more than $2.3 million on air travel for the approximately eight moths he was in office He took 22 foreign and domestic trips – more than any other senior Pentagon civilian, USA Today found His excessive travel came as most officials stayed grounded due to COVID  Braithwaite's international trips included Norway, Italy, Greece, Japan a...

Trump Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite spent $2.3million on travels Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Kenneth Braithwaite, the navy secretary under President Donald Trump, spent more than $2.3 million on air travel for the approximately eight moths he was in office.  Braithwaite served as the Navy's most senior civilian from May 29 until Joe Biden took office on Jan. 21. During that time, Braithwaite embarked on 22 foreign and domestic trips – more than any other senior Pentagon civilian, USA Today r...