Payments to fired Architect of the Capitol Brett Blanton to be garnished

Taxpayers will be partially reimbursed for the alleged waste of money by former Architect of the U.S. Capitol Brett Blanton, according to the acting architect of the Capitol.

Congressional administrators are withholding $12,516 from the final annual payments due to Blanton, who was fired by President Biden in February, amid controversy over his personal use of a taxpayer-funded vehicle and questions about his adherence to agency policies.

In a letter to the Senate Budget Committee, the acting architect of the Capitol confirmed some of Blanton's final pay would be withheld. The letter said that "all Architect of the Capitol employees must be accountable and comply with agency policies."