Cuff Cuffari

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25. Absolutely first thing. DoJ, Defense, State...clean house, top-to-bottom...

…yet, so many skunks remain — even with whistleblowers warning danger:

Watchdog investigating DHS inspector general over retaliation allegations

By Geneva Sands and Zachary Cohen
CNN, February 11, 2022

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Additional details about the CIGIE investigation, including its precise origins and who brought the complaint, have not been made publicly available.

Cuffari, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, had a tumultuous start at DHS, and has been occasionally accused of looking the other way for political reasons regarding actions that involved the former administration, which he vehemently disputes.

Early in his tenure, personnel issues plagued the inspector general's office, leading Cuffari's office to enlist the help of an outside law firm.

In late 2020, WilmerHale completed its independent investigation into allegations that several senior employees engaged in an assortment of unprofessional behavior "that was designed to undermine and contravene the authority of the two Inspector Generals (IGs) to whom they reported at DHS OIG from late 2017 to 2020."

The heavily redacted report found an "atmosphere of mistrust and unprofessionalism" within the office and concluded: "Their efforts created a culture of fear and retribution within the agency directed at employees deemed insufficiently loyal."

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/11/politics/dhs-inspector-general-investigated-watchdog-group/index.html

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