Senior FBI official resigned after lying about getting baseball tickets from CNN reporter
by Zachary Halaschak
| October 08, 2019 09:35 AM
An FBI official accepted baseball tickets from a CNN reporter and lied about the gifts during interviews with the Justice Department inspector general, despite FBI policy prohibiting officials from receiving gifts from journalists who cover the bureau.
Michael Kortan was investigated by the inspector general but resigned in February of last year amid the probe, according to the Daily Caller. The report says that Kortan, who served as assistant director of public affairs, showed a “lack of candor†during interviews with investigators.
Kortan was accused of accepting tickets to Washington Nationals games from the correspondent at least twice, in May 2016 and September 2016, although the name of the reporter has not been disclosed.
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