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DEA Chief Calls for IG Probe in Biden-Era Fentanyl Fast and Furious Program

The Drug Enforcement Administration chief requested an investigation into a Biden administration operation that allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to flood New Mexico.

In a letter Thursday to Justice Department Assistant Inspector General M. Sean O’Neill, DEA Administrator Terry Cole requested a probe to assess how DEA supervisors responded to a whistleblower complaint by Special Agent David Howell, who first reported to supervisors and Justice Department officials that the agency was allowing fentanyl into New Mexico.

Starting during the Biden administration, the DEA allowed allowed the shipments of drugs into the United States because Justice Department prosecutors wanted to build a larger criminal case against traffickers, the Associated Press first reported.

Cole, in his letter, also asked whether the DEA’s tracking of fentanyl, rather than seizures, was conducted in accordance with applicable Justice Department and agency guidelines.

“The alleged conduct occurred under the Biden administration’s disastrous open border policies,” a Justice Department spokesperson told the Daily Signal in an email. “The Trump administration has closed the border and is aggressively pursuing drug traffickers. DEA Administrator Cole has requested an independent DOJ-OIG review of DEA’s actions in light of this reporting to reaffirm the........

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