U.S. Senator Joni Ernst on Thursday pressed the FBI for details after the Justice Department's internal watchdog revealed that FBI agents were using 'provocative' photos of female office staff as bait in sex-trafficking investigations.
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst and John Thune face reporters after the weekly Senate Republican caucus policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Aug 12 - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst on Thursday pressed the FBI for details after the Justice Department'sthat FBI agents were using "provocative" photos of female office staff as bait in sex-trafficking investigations.
"Due to the reckless actions of these special agents and the indifference of the FBI, there is no way of knowing how many times these images have been downloaded, copied, or further shared across the internet," wrote Ernst, a Republican from Iowa.On Aug. 2, Inspector General Michael Horowitz revealed his office has been investigating a special agent who asked female office support staff to pose as minors and sex workers to assist with undercover sex-trafficking operations.
In the course of that investigation, the inspector general's office discovered that other agents had also used female staff photos in similar operations, and that the FBI had no policy in place concerning the use of photos of non-certified undercover staff in operations.
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