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House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Tuesday threatened to withhold the salaries of White House officials who enforce nondisclosure agreements that lack protections for federal whistleblowers.
The move is the latest effort by Cummings to demand documents from a defiant Trump administration by invoking the congressional power of the purse and threatening officials' pay.
Cummings sent a letter to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney renewing a request for documents regarding nondisclosure agreements for White House staff to determine whether they include language verifying protections for whistleblowers providing information to Congress about potential wrongdoing.
"Gag orders without this required language could chill employees from reporting violations of law, waste, fraud, and abuse. As a result, the salaries of officials who enforce such illegal nondisclosure agreements may be withheld, according to federal law," Cummings wrote.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/443616-cummings-threatens-salaries-of-trump-officials-who-enforce-nondisclosure
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(34,661 posts)gordianot
(15,242 posts)I have to admit the head would also be very satisfying.
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(13,613 posts)manor321
(3,344 posts)This never ends. They literally just keep sending letters.
samnsara
(17,634 posts)......years before. But now they are being summoned. watch out!