The council can, however, work with any inspector general concerned about a conflict of interest to find a stand-in, he said in an email.ĭemocrats Carolyn Maloney of New York and Bennie Thompson of Mississippi on Tuesday asked Joseph Cuffari, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general leading the investigation into the Secret Service texts, to step aside, and for the council to replace him.īoehm declined to comment on the substance of the lawmakers’ request, which detailed several complaints against Cuffari, including that he failed to alert Congress to the missing texts for months.
