Fmr. Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White abused her position by forcing her staff to run personal errands, Dept. of Defense’s Inspector General concludes in a report.
that it addressed claims of reprisal in a separate report. The office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on when the separate report would be issued.
Thursday's report followed interviews with White and almost a dozen witnesses, as well as a review of emails from both White and members of her staff. The inspector general also reviewed Defense Department ethics presentations, personnel records, official and unofficial correspondence and agency ethical standards.“In sum, based on the evidence, we substantiated the allegations that Ms.
White also accepted gifts from staffers, including pantyhose from one of her subordinates, the report said. She admitted to investigators that she allowed her staffers to perform personal errands for her and accepted “items of value” from them, but maintained that she did not request the help from staffers. White told the inspector general that she reimbursed staffers for mileage and the pantyhose.
in a statement, saying that the inspector general"unfairly maligned routine acts of kindness done in every office in the Pentagon."“First, any suggestion that Ms. White misused staff time or accepted gifts from her staff has no basis in fact or law,” her attorney wrote, according to the report. “The tasks in question were job-related. The government did not suffer any loss, and Ms. White did not realize any gain from them.
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