#publicintegrity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publicintegrity, aggregated by home.social.
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The nomination, which comes amid a whirlwind of #Trump admin actions to dismantle the government’s #PublicIntegrity [legal depts charged w/combating #political #corruption] guardrails, also has raised questions about whether Levels, a company #CaseyMeans co-founded that sells subscriptions for devices that continuously monitor users’ glucose levels, could #profit from the admin’s health guidance & policy.
#SurgeonGeneral #ConflictOfInterests #hypocrisy #law #science #medicine #PublicHealth
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🚨🚨 NEW: At least three MORE #DOJ #PublicIntegrity division senior ofcls have resigned after a meeting w/ #Trump’s acting dpty AG #EmilBove about the dismissal of #EricAdams #corruption case.
That’s a total of 6 officials who resigned, triple the number that happened during the Nixon #SaturdayNightMassacre.
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Acting dpty AG #EmilBove ordered #DanielleSassoon’s office to drop the charges on Mon, saying a potential trial would come too close to when #EricAdams is seeking reelection & the case could hinder his ability to focus on *fighting* [doing] #crime & illegal #immigration.
But prosecutors so far have not asked the trial judge to dismiss the case. If NY prosecutors refused to do so, it’s possible that #DOJ ofcls would send prosecutors from the #PublicIntegrity section to make the request instead. -
Kevin Driscoll, a dpty asst AG in the #DOJ’s #criminal division, also resigned…. A longtime career ofcl, Driscoll’s portfolio included the #PublicIntegrity Section, which is responsible for investigations related to elected ofcls. John D. Keller—acting chief of the public integrity section—resigned as well….
#EricAdams was charged w/ #WireFraud, #bribery & seeking illegal campaign #donations. -
‼️ The chief of the #DOJ’s #PublicIntegrity section, Corey Amundson, is also being removed from his post, acc/to people familiar…. The section oversees #election #crimes & investigations into #PublicOfficials, & its chief is a #nonpartisan career official, according to the Justice Department website.…
On Mon night, hours after #Trump’s inauguration, the DOJ removed at least 4 top ofcls from the part of the agency that operates the nation’s heavily backlogged #immigration courts.