Are these people leaving these high dollar government positions so they can’t be asked to answer for their actions and decisions over the past few years. Is it so they can respond to any inquiry with “I don’t know, I do not work there any longer, and have no access to any information”?
The above is a serious question. What responsibility and legal requirements do former FDA officials have when it comes to responding to investigative political committee’s questioning?
Many years ago I came to the conclusion politicians and bureaucrats should spend an equivalent amount of time in jail as they served.
Yes. Once they become a private citizen, they are under no more obligation to talk to Congress as you are.