“In addition to your investigation, please use every tool at your disposal, including a management alert, to address this immediately and prevent any additional wrongdoing or misuse of agency personnel and resources while the investigation is ongoing.”
Call on the DHS Office of Inspector General to use its available tools, including a management alert, to prevent additional wrongdoing or misuse of agency personnel and resources while investigating alleged voter-data misconduct.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) immediately and independently investigate wrongdoings detailed in a recent whistleblower’s disclosure alleging DHS is directing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fraud Detection and National Security officers to impersonate voters in violation of state laws to access online voter data as part of its effort aimed at manufacturing evidence for Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud.”
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In addition to opening an investigation, the senators urged the OIG to take immediate action to prevent additional wrongdoing, writing: “In addition to your investigation, please use every tool at your disposal, including a management alert, to address this immediately and prevent any additional wrongdoing or misuse of agency personnel and resources while the investigation is ongoing.”
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Failure to do so risks compounding the serious concerns about these activities within the FDNS workforce and the lack of integrity of FDNS, USCIS, and DHS leadership. In addition to your investigation, please use every tool at your disposal, including a management alert, to address this immediately and prevent any additional wrongdoing or misuse of agency personnel and resources while the investigation is ongoing.
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Ron Wyden United States Senator
Assessments
The verified passages show that Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley demanded DHS OIG action, and specifically urged OIG to use every tool available, including a management alert, to address the matter and prevent additional wrongdoing while the investigation was ongoing. This fulfills the action promised: calling on DHS OIG to use those tools. The evidence does not prove DHS OIG achieved the underlying prevention outcome, but the commitment being judged is the call/request itself.