The Washington Post reports:
Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari and his staff have refused to release certain documents and tried to block interviews, effectively delaying the probe.
Some Republican senators have also raised stiff resistance to the wider investigation into Cuffari — which is being overseen by a panel of federal watchdogs from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) — questioning the need for a full probe into the Trump administration appointee.
Led by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) the senators have demanded that investigators scale back records requests from Cuffari’s office and pressed them on their motives, according to congressional aides and documents
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Joseph V. Cuffari and his staff have refused to release documents and hindered interviews in an effort to block and delay a probe into his actions, sources say. https://t.co/CETitkBkPW
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 12, 2022
Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, a Trump appointee, has been probing the issue of the missing texts for 15 months, but has refused to release some documents and tried to block some interviews. https://t.co/kyE8X2uZRs
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 12, 2022