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House Oversight Committee Expresses "No Confidence" in DEA Administrator Leonhart

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 08:00

DEA Chief Tied to Numerous Scandals and Has Long Record of Incompetence

Bipartisan Agreement that Obama Must Fire DEA Chief

Today, members of the House Oversight Committee have issued a statement of “No Confidence” in Drug Enforcement Administrator Michele Leonhart. The unprecedented move by a group of over twenty bipartisan lawmakers comes a day after her shambolic performance in Congress during a hearing focused on DEA agents who paid for sex workers and sex parties using taxpayer dollars.  Leonhart was widely panned and her answers deemed inadequate during testimony on her agency’s handling of sexual harassment and misconduct allegations.

“This ought to be the final nail in the Leonhart coffin,” said Bill Piper, Director of National Affairs at Drug Policy Alliance. “I cannot see how President Obama and AG Holder allow her to continue in her role. It’s hard to think of a more incompetent and out of touch federal...

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