Alarmed at allegations of “gross and substantial waste, fraud and abuse” within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), two U.S. Senators have written a lengthy letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding “immediate corrective action.”
Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Joni Ernst, both from Iowa and on the Senate Judiciary Committee, are making public previously unreleased government reports confirming ATF Senior Executive Lisa Boykin and Justice Management Division (JMD) Acting Deputy Director of Human Resources (HR) Ralph Bittelari “engaged in gross and substantial waste, fraud and abuse, as well as potentially criminal false certification of government records and whistleblower retaliation.”
“The Biden administration’s ATF illegally lined employees’ pockets with tens-of-millions of taxpayer dollars,” Sen. Grassley said in a Judiciary Committee Press Release. “These Washington bureaucrats must answer for their misconduct, and if heads don’t roll, nothing will change. Without the continued persistence of brave whistleblowers, ATF’s illegal scheme would’ve likely continued. As always, sunshine is the best disinfectant. Attorney General Pam Bondi should take strong action to hold these Biden-era pencil pushers accountable and end the fraudulent waste at ATF.”
For her part, Sen. Ernst said the Biden administration looked the other way while ATF bureaucrats knowingly defrauded taxpayers to pad their salaries.”
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