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DOJ Declines to Prosecute FBI Agent IG Says Received Money from Former Source, Protected Source's Illegal Business, Provided False Info to Police, and Misused FBI Assets for Personal Gain
[CNS News] The Department of Justice has declined to prosecute an FBI special agent whom the department’s inspector general determined had received money from a former FBI confidential human source, had protected that source’s illegal business, had provided false information to a local police department and had misused FBI assets for personal gain.The inspector general referred this FBI agent’s case to the Department of Justice but DOJ would not prosecute. "Criminal prosecution of the SA was declined," the IG said in a publicly released summary of the investigation. DOJ declined to respond to questions that CNSNews.com asked it about this case. "We don’t comment on referrals," a DOJ spokesperson said. The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice released its "investigative summary" of the case on Aug. 6. "The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated an investigation upon receipt of information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Inspection Division alleging that an FBI Special Agent had an inappropriate relationship with a former FBI Confidential Human Source (CHS), including receiving money and other items of value from the CHS," said the IG summary. "The OIG investigation substantiated allegations that the SA received gifts, including money and items of value from the CHS, in violation of federal regulations regarding standards of conduct for federal employees and FBI policy," the summary said. "The OIG further found," the summary continued, "that the SA: continued to use the CHS after the CHS had been deactivated by the FBI; protected the CHS and the CHS’s illegal business; misused FBI assets for personal gain; and committed computer security violations, all in violation of federal regulation and FBI policy. "The OIG also found," the summary said, "that the SA improperly withheld information related to a state criminal investigation from local police department, and provided false information to the police department regarding the CHS’s status as an FBI CHS, which actions were wholly inconsistent with the SA’s obligations as a federal law enforcement officer. "The OIG also found that the SA lacked candor with the FBI and the OIG, in violation of FBI policy," said the summary. "Criminal prosecution of the SA was declined," it said. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-08-24 |
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