Top Tier Outlet Archives - Government Accountability Project

Forbes: Fresh Take: A Call To Halt Agribusiness Mergers, Why Food Insecurity Is So Widespread Among Grocery Workers, And Jollibee Preps For IPO

Fresh Take: A Call To Halt Agribusiness Mergers, Why Food Insecurity Is So Widespread Among Grocery Workers, And Jollibee Preps For IPO This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Trina McClendon, and was originally published here. Poultry grower Trina McClendon was three years into her 15-year contract with Sanderson Farms, America’s third-largest poultry [...]

Mary Allain2022-01-21T10:11:52-05:00January 21st, 2022|Food Integrity, In The News, Top Tier Outlet|

New York Times: Haiti’s Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assassins Came for It.

Haiti’s Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assasins Came for It. This article excerpt features Government Accountability Project’s client, Keith McNichols, and was originally published here. Mr. Hérard was also a drug-trafficking suspect. In 2015, when a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship docked in Port-au-Prince with 1,100 kilograms of cocaine and heroin aboard, Mr. [...]

Mary Allain2021-12-15T12:36:26-05:00December 12th, 2021|D.E.A., DEA, In The News, International, Top Tier Outlet|

TIME: Watch: This Short Documentary Offers a Rare, Powerful Glimpse Into Immigration Detention

Watch: This Short Documentary Offers a Rare, Powerful Glimpse Into Immigration Detention This article excerpt features information from Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. The film was shot in part inside Irwin County Detention Center, an ICE facility in Ocilla, Georgia that made headlines in 2020 after a [...]

Mary Allain2021-12-02T15:39:45-05:00December 2nd, 2021|Coronavirus, ICE Detention, In The News, Top Tier Outlet|

CNN Politics: ICE doesn’t adequately track solitary confinement in detention facilities, watchdog finds

ICE doesn't adequately track solitary confinement in detention facilities, watchdog finds This article features information from Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Ellen Gallagher, and was originally published here. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not adequately monitor and track its use of solitary confinement inside immigration detention facilities across the country, according to a watchdog review of the [...]

Mary Allain2021-11-19T16:06:05-05:00October 15th, 2021|ICE Detention, ICE solitary confinement, In The News, Top Tier Outlet|

Rolling Stone: He’s the Whistleblower Who Brought Down Trump’s EPA Chief. Now He’s Driving an Uber

He’s the Whistleblower Who Brought Down Trump’s EPA Chief. Now He’s Driving an Uber This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Kevin Chmielewski, and was originally published here. When Kevin Chmielewski emerged from the FBI’s fortress of a headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., his head was spinning. It was the fall of 2017. [...]

Mary Allain2021-11-22T11:00:13-05:00October 14th, 2021|EPA, Federal Whistleblowers, First Amendment, In The News, Top Tier Outlet|

Politico: DOJ inspector general investigating Trump-era car emissions case

DOJ inspector general investigating Trump-era car emissions case This article features Government Accountability Project’s client and was originally published here. The Justice Department’s inspector general is investigating the Trump administration's decision to open an antitrust probe of four automakers that had sided with California in a feud over the state’s strict vehicle emissions standards, Sen. Sheldon [...]

Mary Allain2021-11-22T11:01:07-05:00October 6th, 2021|Department of Justice, In The News, Top Tier Outlet|

The Washington Post: The Biden administration takes aim at Big Chicken. But its goose might not yet be cooked

The Biden administration takes aim at Big Chicken. But its goose might not yet be cooked This article features Government Accountability Project’s client, Dallas McClendon, and was originally published here. As consumers chafe at growing food price inflation, the Biden administration is pointing a finger at some of the country’s largest meat companies, suggesting [...]

Mary Allain2021-11-19T16:13:30-05:00October 4th, 2021|Food Integrity, In The News, Top Tier Outlet|

Bloomberg: Bipartisan Groups Urge Congress to Curb Executive Branch Power

Bipartisan Groups Urge Congress to Curb Executive Branch Power This article features a coalition letter signed by the Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. A bipartisan coalition of advocacy groups is urging Congress to pass legislation to reinforce constitutional checks and balances and curb the powers of the executive branch in the [...]

Mary Allain2021-11-22T11:01:56-05:00September 22nd, 2021|In The News, PODA, Top Tier Outlet, US Government|

The New York Times: He Guarded Haiti’s Slain President. And He Was a Suspect in a Drug Inquiry.

He Guarded Haiti’s Slain President. And He Was a Suspect in a Drug Inquiry. This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The commander in charge of guarding the Haitian president’s home quickly became a suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last month when his security team inexplicably melted [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-11-19T16:18:00-05:00August 23rd, 2021|D.E.A., Federal Whistleblowers, In The News, Investigations, Office of Special Council, Top Tier Outlet, US Government|

NBC News: Whistleblowers say they were told to downplay COVID outbreak among migrant kids at shelter

Whistleblowers say they were told to downplay COVID outbreak among migrant kids at shelter This article features Government Accountability Project and our clients Arthur Pearlstein and Lauren Reinhold and was originally published here. WASHINGTON — Two more whistleblowers have come forward to allege that children were mistreated by contractors and senior federal employee managers at [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-11-19T16:19:10-05:00July 28th, 2021|Children's Rights, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, Fort Bliss, Immigration, In The News, Public Health, Top Tier Outlet, US Government|