DoJ Inspector General Says DoJ Blocking Access to Docs Needed for Investigations

Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, said the DoJ even blocks access to mundane items like organizational charts

Justice Department Watchdog Complains Of Interference (Huffington Post)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's inspector general said Tuesday that his staff is routinely blocked from getting access to documents it needs for audits and reviews of the department and its law enforcement agencies.

The interference causes delays in investigations and has several times required the intervention of Attorney General Eric Holder to ensure that the records are ultimately turned over, Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, told members of Congress.

Horowitz's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee came one month after nearly 50 inspectors general from a broad spectrum of federal agencies complained in a letter to Congress about similar obstruction from the departments they monitor.

Video files
Full
Compact
Audio files
Full
Compact