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DOJ's inspector general declines to investigate prosecutors who falsely charged Olympian David Hearn in Reflecting Pool case
The Justice Department's inspector general has declined to investigate allegations of misconduct against the prosecutors who brought an indictment against Olympian David Hearn that falsely accused him of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool.
In an Oct. 21 letter seen by CBS News, lawyers for Hearn revealed that DOJ's Inspector General Don Berthiaume determined the allegations fell outside of his purview, and referred the matter to the Office of Professional Responsibility.
Established in the wake of the Watergate scandal, the Office of Professional Responsibility is charged with investigating certain categories of attorney misconduct.
Unlike the inspector general, who is presidentially-appointed and Senate confirmed, however, the head of the Office of Professional Responsibility is appointed by the Attorney General and is generally viewed as less independent than an inspector general's office.
David Hearn lawyers say DOJ watchdog won’t probe failed prosecution — but Interior IG considering
After U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped vandalism charges against the Olympian, he demanded inspectors general examine how he was prosecuted in the first place.
The watchdog for the Department of Justice is declining to investigate the prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn, whom the DOJ wrongly accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, according to his lawyers.
Hearn’s legal team had asked inspectors general for both the Justice Department and the Department of the Interior to probe what it called an abuse of government, but the DOJ’s watchdog informed the team on Oct. 8 that it would not open an investigation, saying the inspector general lacked authority to do so. That letter reportedly arrived two days after Hearn’s lawyers first asked for the independent probe.
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