Two Senate Republicans are calling for immediate corrective action at the ATF where they say supervisory officials turned a blind eye to criminal misconduct on Biden’s watch.
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TwoSenateRepublicansarecallingforimmediatecorrectiveactionattheBureauofAlcoholTobacco,FirearmsandExplosives(ATF),accusingagencyofficialsofsubstantialmisconduct,mismanagement,abuseofpowerandpotentialcriminalmisconductaftersupervisorystaffallegedlydisregardedfederaldirectivesandstandardsinordertoinflatetheirsalaries.
What’smore,insteadofbeingdisciplined,thesupervisoryagentswhoallegedlyturnedablindeyetothemisconduct–andinsomecasesallegedlyretaliatedagainstwhistleblowerstryingtoexposeit–werepromotedundertheBidenadministration,thesenatorssay.
“AsaresultofATF’sillegalconduct,ATFstaffassignedtothesepositionsperformedadministrativeworkbutunlawfullyreceivedenhancedlawenforcementpayandbenefitstowhichtheywerenotentitled,wastingmillionsoftaxpayerdollars,”Iowa’sRepublicansenators,JudiciaryChairmanChuckGrassle
