Posted on 05/13/2025 3:37:28 PM PDT by Twotone
Republican Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley called on the Justice Department Monday to hold Biden-era Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives officials accountable for allegedly orchestrating an “illegal scheme” to “misclassify” administrative positions as law enforcement ones for greater pay and benefits.
“We raised concerns because as a result of ATF’s illegal conduct, ATF staff assigned to these positions performed administrative work but unlawfully received enhanced law enforcement pay and benefits to which they were not entitled, wasting millions of taxpayer dollars,” Ernst and Grassley wrote in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, ATF Acting Director Daniel Driscoll and DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Administration Jolene Ann Lauria.
ATF whistleblowers and investigations conducted by the Office of Special Counsel, Office of Personnel Management and ATF’s internal affairs division substantiate the allegations of “illegal conduct” raised by the senators in their letter to the Trump administration officials.
The internal affairs report, completed in January 2024, contains “considerable evidence of gross waste, fraud, and abuse; substantial misconduct and mismanagement; abuse of power; and potential criminal misconduct committed by and under the supervision of then-ATF Office of Human Resources and Professional Development (HRPD) Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) Lisa Boykin and HR Division Chief Ralph Bittelari,” according to the lawmakers.
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Shut up and do your job Senators.
Where is Bondi? Patel?
“ misclassify” administrative positions as law enforcement ones for greater pay and benefits. ”
Not only were they not working in law enforcement, but they may have been “working from home.” What an outrage on the taxpayers.
Delete the ATF. It is an anachronism in today’s world............
Fraudulent spending of Congressionally appropriated funds is their business, although they’re not very good at it.
BIDEN GRIFTERS HARD AT WORK SCREWING US POOR AMERICAN CITIZEN TAXPAYERS!
I DEMAND HARD TIME IN A SUPERMAX!
“GOP Senators demand swift action…”
Gee… go figure… so do we… who’d a thunk it
That should be a Warehouse Type Public Business called:
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Consumer Explosives
They’re awaiting their orders from the deep state.
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