DEA Chief Calls for IG Probe in Biden-Era Fentanyl Fast and Furious Program
In a letter Thursday to Justice Department Assistant Inspector General M. Sean O’Neill, DEA Administrator Terry Cole requested a probe to assess how DEA supervisors responded to a whistleblower complaint by Special Agent David Howell, who first reported to supervisors and Justice Department officials that the agency was allowing fentanyl into New Mexico. Starting during the Biden administration, the DEA allowed allowed the shipments of drugs into the United States because Justice Department prosecutors wanted to build a larger criminal case against traffickers, the Associated Press first reported.
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- ▪Sean O’Neill, DEA Administrator Terry Cole requested a probe to assess how DEA supervisors responded to a whistleblower complaint by Special Agent David Howell, who first reported to supervisors and Justice Department officials that the age
- ▪Starting during the Biden administration, the DEA allowed allowed the shipments of drugs into the United States because Justice Department prosecutors wanted to build a larger criminal case against traffickers, the Associated Press first re
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