Hundreds of FBI employees under investigation for alleged misconduct either retired or left the agency over nearly two decades before the Justice Department made a final ruling in their case, according to agency documents obtained by the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
According to documents a whistleblower provided to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), DOJ’s Office of Disciplinary Appeals found 665 FBI employees, including 45 Senior Executive Service (SES) employees, retired or resigned following an FBI or DOJ Office of Inspector General investigation into alleged misconduct.
The DOJ documents don’t specify how many of the allegations are linked to sexual misconduct, but Grassley, in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, generally described the cases as investigations into sexual misconduct.
“It’s been alleged to my office that the data involved an element of sexual misconduct … The committee welcomes any clarity the Justice Department is able to provide,” Grassley wrote.
The documents also outline DOJ’s concerns that senior officials at the FBI are facing lighter penalties than other employees for similar misconduct.
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