D.C. - The Department of Justice, according to the department's Office of Inspector General, has declined to prosecute a now-retired FBI special agent who mishandled classified information, gave misleading testimony, had "Contacts with several individuals appeared to be designed to improperly influence their prospective testimony" and provided the IG with false information.
According to the Justice Department, the law governing inspector generals requires an IG to refer a case to a federal prosecutor when the IG discovers reasonable grounds to believe that federal law has been violated.
The DOJ IG published its "Investigative summary" of the case involving the now-retired, not-prosecuted FBI special agent on April 30.
"The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General initiated this investigation after receiving information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inspection Division, alleging that an FBI Special Agent, who has since retired, may have contacted witnesses during a federal criminal investigation for an improper purpose," said the summary.
"During the investigation, the OIG also found that the SA divulged law enforcement sensitive information to unauthorized individuals; misused his government issued electronic devices; provided misleading testimony during a related civil deposition; mishandled classified information; misused his position during contacts with local law enforcement officers; and provided false information to the OIG," said the summary.
"When the IG develops reasonable grounds to believe there has been a violation of Federal criminal law, the IG is required by the IG Act to refer the matter to a prosecutor," a DOJ spokesperson told CNSNews.com.
"The IG presents their cases directly to the prosecuting offices, and the prosecutors make the decisions about whether to accept or decline cases for prosecution," said the spokesperson.
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/doj-declines-prosecute-fbi-agent-who-mishandled-classified
According to the Justice Department, the law governing inspector generals requires an IG to refer a case to a federal prosecutor when the IG discovers reasonable grounds to believe that federal law has been violated.
The DOJ IG published its "Investigative summary" of the case involving the now-retired, not-prosecuted FBI special agent on April 30.
"The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General initiated this investigation after receiving information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inspection Division, alleging that an FBI Special Agent, who has since retired, may have contacted witnesses during a federal criminal investigation for an improper purpose," said the summary.
"During the investigation, the OIG also found that the SA divulged law enforcement sensitive information to unauthorized individuals; misused his government issued electronic devices; provided misleading testimony during a related civil deposition; mishandled classified information; misused his position during contacts with local law enforcement officers; and provided false information to the OIG," said the summary.
"When the IG develops reasonable grounds to believe there has been a violation of Federal criminal law, the IG is required by the IG Act to refer the matter to a prosecutor," a DOJ spokesperson told CNSNews.com.
"The IG presents their cases directly to the prosecuting offices, and the prosecutors make the decisions about whether to accept or decline cases for prosecution," said the spokesperson.
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/doj-declines-prosecute-fbi-agent-who-mishandled-classified
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