The acting Social Security commissioner will launch a “full investigation” on Monday of Inspector General Gail Ennis’s oversight of an anti-fraud program that imposed extensive penalties on disabled and elderly people, an official said Saturday.
that revealed how attorneys in charge of a little-known program run by Social Security’s watchdog division issued unprecedented fines beginning in the Trump administration.
The lawmakers called on the president and Kijakazi to “swiftly investigate this apparent abuse of authority, to put in place safeguards to prevent future abuse, and to provide relief to any individuals wrongfully victimized.” The remarkable penalties issued by the Civil Monetary Penalty Program started in 2018 as the program was floundering. Attorneys
It is not clear whether that is a full accounting of those affected by the practice of imposing stepped-up fines, which was halted by Ennis’s office last yearTwo senior officials who raised repeated concerns about the fees to Ennis and her top staff after Ennis took office as a Trump appointee in 2019 were abruptly placed on administrative leave.
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