OCCRP: Colombian Leak Gives Rare Glimpse Into Secretive World of ‘Controlled’ Drug Deliveries This article features Government Accountability Project Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. Leaked documents provide a rare window into a little-known program in which U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies work with Colombian counterparts to obtain and [...]
Evidence is a key building block of our justice system. In our modern world, DNA and biological evidence is as irrefutable as science itself. However, what happens when it is flawed, disputed, or even manipulated? What happens when you are the person standing in the face of false evidence and calling out the truth?
Senator Chuck Grassley: Bipartisan Fraud Fighting Bill Unanimously Passes Senate This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) bipartisan Administrative False Claims Act has been unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate. “The False Claims Act has clearly been the best tool to fight fraud against the government and recover [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2023 Government Accountability Project Senior Counsel Joins Justice Denied: Unreliable Evidence and Accountability Panel Discussion Richmond, VA—On Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30pm, The Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU and VPM are partnering to present Justice Denied: Unreliable Evidence and Accountability—a panel discussion featuring Government Accountability Project’s Senior Counsel and Education Director, Dana Gold. This panel will explore themes from [...]
"Pay-to-play theatrics": Watchdogs call BS on Jim Jordan's FBI "whistleblowers" This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Government watchdogs on Friday accused Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee of illegitimate "theatrics" as Democrats released a 300-page report outlining major weaknesses in the GOP's investigation into supposed political bias at [...]
Irwin County Detention Center Whistleblower Dawn Wooten Files New Complaint Alleging Retaliation This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. Dawn Wooten, a nurse who blew the whistle and alleged widespread medical neglect at an immigration detention center in 2020, filed a new complaint alleging that she was retaliated [...]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia ICE Whistleblower Files Suit Against Private Prison Company This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. A whistleblower who came forward with explosive allegations of medical abuse at a since shuttered immigrant jail in Ocilla is suing the private prison company that ran [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2023 Government Accountability Project Files First Amendment Complaint on Behalf of Whistleblower Nurse Dawn Wooten WASHINGTON—On December 29, 2022, Dawn Wooten, through her attorneys at the Government Accountability Project in Washington, DC and Jack Batson of Augusta, GA, filed a complaint in federal district court alleging that LaSalle Corporation and [...]
'A living hell': Former federal inmates describe years of sexual abuse by prison officersThis article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Linda De La Rosa, and was originally published here.WASHINGTON – Three survivors of sexual assault in federal prison described years of horrific abuse by prison staffers who used their unfettered access to vulnerable inmates [...]
Former female inmates speak about widespread sexual abuse by prison staff This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower disclosure and was originally published here. Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate investigative report [...]