Senior FBI Official Improperly Took Gifts From Journalists Amid Trump Investigation: DOJ Watchdog

Senior FBI Official Improperly Took Gifts From Journalists Amid Trump Investigation: DOJ Watchdog
The FBI headquarters is seen in Washington on Feb. 2, 2018. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) inspector general on Tuesday found that a former senior FBI official repeatedly violated the bureau’s policy by having unauthorized contact with the media.

The inspector general’s office, according to report, said the unnamed official had “received items of value from members of the media” and had “numerous unauthorized contacts with the media” between 2014 and 2016.

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