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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 10:04 AM Jun 2017

Boo Hoo For Trump: Park Service Issues Investigation Results Over Inaugural Photo Alteration Claims:

PARK SERVICE ISSUES INVESTIGATION RESULTS OVER INAUGURAL PHOTO ALTERATION CLAIMS
Investigative Report of Questionable Actions Allegedly Taken by NPS Officials During the 2017 Presidential Inauguration
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Monday, June 26, 2017


We initiated an investigation after receiving a complaint concerning questionable actions allegedly taken by National Park Service (NPS) officials and employees during and after the 58th presidential inauguration ceremony at the National Mall on January 20, 2017. The complainant alleged the following:



That an NPS National Mall and Memorial Parks (NAMA) official instructed NPS employees to alter records related to crowd size estimates for the inauguration ceremony

That two NPS public affairs employees released information to the press, without authorization, about a January 21, 2017 phone call from President Donald Trump to Acting NPS Director Michael Reynolds

That one of the public affairs employees circumvented the NPS chain of command for the inauguration when responding to a request from Reynolds (although the complainant did not know what Reynolds requested, we determined that Reynolds asked the public affairs employee to help obtain inauguration photographs after the President requested them during the January 21 phone call)

That a NAMA employee assigned to the inauguration engaged in personal activities at work that interfered with the performance of his duties




***We did not find evidence to substantiate any of these allegations. All of the witnesses we interviewed denied that the NAMA official instructed staff to alter records for the inauguration or to remove crowd size information. We also found no evidence that the public affairs employees released any information to the media about the President’s phone call, or that the employee who responded to Reynolds’ request for photos was required to go through the chain of command. Regarding the final allegation, the NAMA employee’s supervisor and an official who oversaw operations at the inauguration both said that the NAMA employee fulfilled his responsibilities as assigned during the event.***

We provided our report on this investigation to the Acting NPS Director.


http://secondnexus.com/politics-and-economics/park-service-issues-investigation-results-inaugural-photo-alteration-claims/?utm_content=inf_677_1164_2&tse_id=INF_08b586105c0711e790011d41b85aaeb5

https://www.doioig.gov/reports/investigative-report-questionable-actions-allegedly-taken-nps-officials-during-2017

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Boo Hoo For Trump: Park Service Issues Investigation Results Over Inaugural Photo Alteration Claims: (Original Post) kpete Jun 2017 OP
K&R n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #1
I can't believe this was really investigated. Pure insanity. Nt SweetieD Jun 2017 #2
These are the same people who investigated Socks the Cat gratuitous Jun 2017 #4
Yeah the hypocrisy is outstanding. Investigating socks the cat yet in 2017 Trump is pumping SweetieD Jun 2017 #6
The first FINDINGS of many more to come!1 UTUSN Jun 2017 #3
But of course the sniveling crybaby in chief would just bawl about "Fake News"... mreilly Jun 2017 #5

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. These are the same people who investigated Socks the Cat
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 11:51 AM
Jun 2017

During the early Clinton years, they brought Socks the Cat to the White House, and had a little fun and educational opportunity for the youngsters with Socks' Club for Kids or something. They sent out a little newsletter to kids who signed up it with facts about the White House and apocryphal doings of Socks around the place. In addition, "Socks" sent out holiday cards, which the Republicans (newly in control of the House) investigated to be sure that no public money was being expended on this obviously partisan propaganda. They had hearings, took testimony, and issued a report that grudgingly conceded that taxpayer money hadn't been wasted on this entertainment/educational program.

These fuckers never miss a chance to train their beady little eyes on someone else's "wrongdoing." But the Trump campaign coordinating with our good friends the Russians to steal the 2016 election is totally legit.

SweetieD

(1,660 posts)
6. Yeah the hypocrisy is outstanding. Investigating socks the cat yet in 2017 Trump is pumping
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 12:23 PM
Jun 2017

Millions of dollars in tax payer money to his golf clubs, and hotel properties.

 

mreilly

(2,120 posts)
5. But of course the sniveling crybaby in chief would just bawl about "Fake News"...
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 12:00 PM
Jun 2017

.... since this putrid little asshole thinks he can run around shrieking like a spoiled fucking brat that any fact he doesn't like is "fake news." And the mindless, dishonest shitstains that worship him will dutifully repeat it.

God, these people are sickening. I just hope he gets so worked up that he drops dead of a heart attack. A screaming, agonizing heart attack, preferably on his gold toilet, that results in him toppling over and shattering his skull on the floor.

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