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Last year the government agencies paid whistleblowers $237 million for exposing waste and fraud. It was the lowest yearly total since 2008. By comparison, the total reached $715 million in 2014. For what’s going on, long time whistleblower attorney Stephen Kohn joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Interview transcript:
Tom Temin: Steve, good to have you back.
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Stephen Kohn: Thank you so much for having me here.
Tom Temin: So is the government becoming so honest and so squeaky clean that there’s very little waste, fraud and abuse to expose, and whistleblowers are out of luck?
Stephen Kohn: That’s exactly it. The more money they spend, the less fraud there is. Obviously, there’s no fraud and COVID spending. Yeah, it’s the Department of Justice priorities, and really the Department of Justice falling way behind. They’re going into court, instead of backing up the whistleblower. Often they go into court to have a...
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