(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department has declined to prosecute a retired senior FBI official who solicited prostitutes from a foreign national’s massage parlor while he was still working for the bureau, according to a report released last week by the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General.
The report said the senior official, who was not named, had failed to self-report a relationship with a foreign national, as required by FBI policy.
The report further said that the official may have paid for sexual favors at the foreign national’s massage parlor or other massage parlors in the same geographic area.
The OIG said it substantiated the allegations against the senior official.
“The OIG investigation substantiated the allegation that the Senior Level Employee had solicited prostitutes on multiple occasions at various massage parlors in the same geographic area, in violation of Department of Justice and FBI policy,” the OIG report said.
“The OIG investigation also found that the Senior Level Employee had failed to self-report a close relationship with the foreign national, which resulted in the Senior Level Employee having close and continuous contacts with the foreign national, in violation of FBI policy.”
However, the senior official retired from the FBI prior to being contacted by the OIG for an interview. The retired official then declined to be interviewed about the matter, the OIG said.
While the OIG can’t compel retired officials to compel the testimony of former employees, the DOJ and state prosecutors had the option to prosecute him—but they declined to do so, the OIG report said.
Meanwhile, the DOJ continues to prosecute the leading Republican presidential candidate, journalists, peaceful protestors and other non-violent dissidents—underscoring the widespread complaints about the U.S. having a two-tiered justice system.
The OIG report comes nearly two years after the OIG released a related report, which found that four FBI officials had sex with prostitutes while posted overseas, while a fifth also tried to—and all but one “lacked candor” about it during interviews and lie-detector test.
It was also alleged that one of the FBI officials provided another of the officials a package containing approximately 100 white pills to deliver to a foreign law enforcement officer.
According to that December 2021 report, two FBI officials resigned, two retired, and one was removed—all while the OIG’s investigation was ongoing.
The OIG’s December 2021 report said it referred the findings to the FBI for “appropriate action,” but nothing public has been revealed about the matter since then.
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.
