Allegations that a top official at the State Department proposed a ‘quid pro quo’ with the FBI in order to declassify a Hillary Clinton email is leading to more scrutiny of his tenure at State, as well as President Obama’s record of ethics enforcement at departments across the executive branch.

Obama chose not to nominate an official watchdog at the State Department during Hillary Clinton’s entire tenure as secretary, while she was secretly sending emails using a private server in violation of federal law. Full-fledged inspectors general must be Senate confirmed so they have the job security and independence to thoroughly investigate alleged misdeeds.