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From Fox News: Two Senate Republicans are calling for immediate corrective action at the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), accusing agency officials of substantial misconduct, mismanagement, abuse of power and potential criminal misconduct after supervisory staff allegedly disregarded federal directives and standards in order to inflate their salaries.
What’s more, instead of being disciplined, the supervisory agents who allegedly turned a blind eye to the misconduct – and in some cases allegedly retaliated against whistleblowers trying to expose it – were promoted under the Biden administration, the senators say.
“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,” Iowa’s Republican senators, Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, wrote in a letter transmitted Friday to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and ATF acting Director Daniel Driscoll.
In their letter, the senators cited two internal investigations from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which concluded in 2020 and ultimately suspended the ATF’s classification authority, and the ATF Internal Affairs Division (IAD), which was completed in early 2024. Despite the suspension from OPM in 2020, which was lifted in 2023, ATF officials disregarded OPM directives and continued to re-classify agency employees improperly, according to the senators.
Sen. Grassley write in a post on X, “I’m exposing Biden-era ATF bureaucrats for defrauding taxpayers to the tune of MILLIONS OF $$ + falsely certifying gov docs + retaliating against [whistleblowers]. If heads don’t roll, NOTHING changes. AG Bondi should hold them accountable & end ATF’s fraudulent waste. Thanks, Sen. Ernst for joining me to seek accountability.”
Im exposing Biden-era ATF bureaucrats 4defrauding taxpayers 2the tune of MILLIONS OF $$+falsely certifying gov docs+retaliating agnst WBs If heads dont roll NOTHING changes AG Bondi shld hold thm accountable&end ATFs fraudulent waste Thx Sen Ernst 4joining me 2seek accountability
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) May 12, 2025
“It is unacceptable that the Biden admin looked the other way while ATF bureaucrats knowingly defrauded taxpayers to pad their salaries. These desk jockeys pretending to be law enforcement officers are about to get a crash course in the law,” Sen. Ernst declared in a statement on X.
It is unacceptable that the Biden admin looked the other way while ATF bureaucrats knowingly defrauded taxpayers to pad their salaries.
These desk jockeys pretending to be law enforcement officers are about to get a crash course in the law.👇 https://t.co/2m8OoWQoDt
— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) May 12, 2025
READ MORE and see the senators’ letter at Fox News.
NEW: Chairman @ChuckGrassley and @SenJoniErnst are exposing Biden-era @ATFHQ officials for potential criminal misconduct – including defrauding taxpayers, falsely certifying federal documents and retaliating against whistleblowers.👇 https://t.co/321QLPQJPx
— Senate Judiciary Republicans (@SenJudiciaryGOP) May 12, 2025
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