{"id":108593,"date":"2021-03-04T00:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T00:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=108593"},"modified":"2021-03-04T00:23:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T00:23:35","slug":"u-s-declined-to-prosecute-trump-transport-chief-after-inspector-general-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/u-s-declined-to-prosecute-trump-transport-chief-after-inspector-general-review\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. declined to prosecute Trump transport chief after inspector general review"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao speaks during a press conference on the One National Program Rule on federal preemption of state fuel economy standards at EPA Headquarters in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2019. REUTERS\/Sarah Silbiger\/<\/figcaption><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Justice Department declined to prosecute then-Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao after the inspector general\u2019s office referred allegations of potential misuse of office for review, a report made public on Wednesday said.<\/p>\n<p>The report included allegations that Chao directed staff to research or purchase personal items for her online using her personal credit card.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the inspector general\u2019s office referred its findings to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Columbia for criminal prosecution, which declined to open a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The inspector general\u2019s report added prosecutors said \u201cthere may be ethical and\/or administrative issues to address but there is not predication to open a criminal investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chao could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-chao-report\/u-s-declined-to-prosecute-trump-transport-chief-after-inspector-general-review-idUSKCN2AV2YK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao speaks during a press conference on the One National Program Rule on federal preemption of state [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":108592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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