Ernst Calls Out ATF Bureaucrats Posing as Law Enforcement to Scam Taxpayers, Waste Millions

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"…I remain concerned about the limited scope of the remediating actions. According to the whistleblowers, OSC's report "did not adequately capture the extent of ATF's illegal practices or the full impact of the harm.' In fact, the whistleblowers believe "there were many more misclassified positions than were captured in [OPM's] audit and that the agency significantly underreported the waste directly and tangentially associated with the widespread practice of misclassifying positions,' including failing to account for the impact of the wrongdoing on ATF's non-law enforcement personnel.

…more work remains to be done on this important issue to ensure the ATF's culture of gross mismanagement of taxpayer funds is fully examined and remediated to stamp out any willingness to abuse the public trust which may exist amongst ATF bureaucrats.

The American people deserve to know the full extent of the ATF bureaucrats' dishonest dealings. It is incumbent upon all public servants to act with the utmost levels of professionalism but when bureaucrats abuse the public trust it is the responsibility of watchdogs to hold the bad actors accountable for their malfeasance."

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