A witness at the center of House Republicans’ investigation into the Biden administration’s handling of the southern border has allegedly been retaliated against for their cooperation, prompting lawmakers to open an inquiry into possible government interference.
Republicans on the House Oversight and Homeland Security committees sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Friday demanding information about the reassignment of Gregory Bovino, who said he was “relieved of his command” after conducting a transcribed interview with lawmakers earlier this month. Bovino previously oversaw the El Centro Sector of the border before he was “indefinitely” reassigned to report to the CBP office in Washington, D.C.
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“The whistleblower indicates that this pattern is consistent with a common CBP practice to get rid of employees perceived as problematic by high-level officials by forcing those employees, out of frustration, to relocate, retire, or resign,” Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) wrote in a letter to Troy Miller, the senior official performing the duties of the commissioner.
Lawmakers initially requested Bovino to testify before the House Oversight Committee in January along with three other CBP officials, but all three were blocked from participating, according to the chairmen. That refusal may have partially been due to...
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