Iowa Sen Joni Ernst demands investigation of ATF for alleged waste of 'millions' in taxpayer dollars
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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, sent a letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday demanding an investigation into reports of waste at ATF.
While acknowledging that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is working with the Department of Justice and ATF to take appropriate action, Ernst expressed concern about "the limited scope of the remediating actions." Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
"According to the whistleblowers, OSC’s report ‘did not adequately capture the extent of ATF’s illegal practices or the full impact of the harm.’ In fact, the whistleblowers believe ‘there were many more misclassified positions than were captured in [OPM’s] audit and that the agency significantly underreported the waste directly and tangentially associated with the widespread practice of misclassifying positions,’ including failing to account for the impact of the wrongdoing on ATF’s non-law enforcement personnel," she wrote.