5 FBI officials solicited prostitutes overseas while on work trips: DOJ inspector general

Five FBI officials solicited prostitutes overseas while on work trips, the DOJ inspector general said.

Five Federal Bureau of Investigation officials "solicited" prostitutes while on an overseas trip, the Department of Justice inspector general said in a two-page report.

Four of the officials "solicited, procured, and accepted commercial sex overseas."

"The OIG investigation also found that four of those officials lacked candor about their interactions with prostitutes and other misconduct during OIG compelled interviews and compelled polygraph examinations, in violation of FBI policies, and that one of those officials made false statements in an OIG compelled interview and compelled polygraph examination in violation of federal law, when the official denied having engaged in sex acts with a prostitute," Inspector General Michael Horowitz wrote.

Soliciting a prostitute overseas while working for the FBI is a violation of FBI and DOJ policy.