Lawmaker Asks Obama to Fire Commerce IG for Years of Alleged Misconduct

Making good on a promise issued on the House floor last week, the top Democrat on the chamber's Science panel on Tuesday wrote to President Obama with a call to remove the inspector general at the Commerce Department, citing years of misconduct ranging from punishing whistleblowers to hiring an intimate friend. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, wrote , "I am convinced that in order to establish an effective and ethically sound office, a wholesale change in the top leadership of the Commerce Office of Inspector General is critically needed.



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