The Defense Department's internal watchdog has cleared acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of favoring his former employer, Boeing while serving at the Pentagon. The Pentagon's inspector general found that reports of ethics violations were not substantiated, clearing the way for Shanahan
The Defense Department's internal watchdog has cleared acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of favoring his former employer, Boeing while serving at the Pentagon.
During the investigation, more than 30 witnesses were interviewed, including many senior defense officials and Shanahan, according to the inspector general. More than 5,600 pages of unclassified documents and approximately 1,700 pages of classified documents relevant to the allegations were also reviewed.
He's been serving in the"acting" capacity since Mattis departed the Department of Defense over policy differences related to the war against the Islamic State in Syria at the end of last year.
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