A senior FBI official violated the agency’s policy by not reporting a romantic relationship with a subordinate, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) inspector general stated in a report last week. A summary of the report (pdf) from Inspector General Michael Horowitz, which didn’t identify the official, states that the official allowed the romantic relationship to “negatively affect an appropriate and professional superior-subordinate relationship and to disrupt the workplace by interfering with the ability of other FBI employees to complete their work.” In violation of the FBI’s policies, the official “failed” to report the relationship in a “timely” manner, the report also states. The official, whom the report identified as an “assistant director” of an FBI sub-agency, “participated in a hiring or organizational decision involving the subordinate,” which violates the bureau’s policy. The inspector general’s office said it has completed its investigation into the official. The report was sent to the Justice Department’s …
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