Pentagon's inspector general formally opens investigation into a watchdog group's allegations that Acting Defense Sec. Shanahan used his office to promote his former employer, Boeing Co., the AP reports.
Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan arrives to greet Turkey's Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar before a meeting at the Pentagon on Feb. 19, 2019Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's inspector general has formally opened an investigation into a watchdog group's allegations that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has used his office to promote his former employer, Boeing Co.
within the last five months. And it focuses attention on whether Trump will nominate Shanahan as his formal pick for defense chief, rather than letting him languish as an acting leader of a major federal agency. During a Senate hearing last week, Shanahan was asked by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., about the 737 Max issue. Shanahan said he had not spoken to anyone in the administration about it and had not been briefed on it. Asked whether he favored an investigation into the matter, Shanahan said it was for regulators to investigate.
The CREW ethics complaint, based to a large part on published reports, said Shanahan has made comments praising Boeing in meetings about government contracts, raising concerns about"whether Shanahan, intentionally or not, is putting his finger on the scale when it comes to Pentagon priorities."
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