In the past month, Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari’s office has issued reports citing problems with the Biden administration’s assessments for allowing high-risk individuals into the country, and another report calling for improved vetting of the claims of asylum-seekers.
But while working as the top oversight official of DHS, Cuffari contends, he has been targeted with what he says are baseless and retaliatory investigations.
He was appointed as the top watchdog of the DHS by then-President Donald Trump in 2019 and confirmed by a voice vote in the Senate. The panel investigating him is primarily made up of nonpresidential appointees known as the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), and more specifically, the council’s Integrity Committee.
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