Dick Durbin: “For 17 years, the OIG office, in its annual report of its…”

“Thank you very much, Chairman Grassley. Mr. Bertiom. Yes, sir. Did I pronounce that correctly? You're very close, sir. It's Berthoum Berth Hume. Yes, sir. Thank you very much. For 17 years, the OIG office, in its annual report of its management performance, has the following paragraph included at the end of the report. It is vital that the department and its employees strictly adhere to policies and procedures designed to protect the department from accusations of political influence or politically motivated application of the law. That was in the report from the year 2007 through 2024. The 2025 report, under the new President Donald Trump in his second term, no longer includes this section. You rejoined the Justice Department as Acting Inspector General in October of 2025.” (00:12–00:44)

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