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Former inspector general still on paid leave

By Susan Crabtree
Published October 15, 2014 9:00am ET
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Former inspector general still on paid leave
Department of Homeland Security acting Inspector General Charles K. Edwards testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2012, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) | Charles Dharapak

The former Homeland Security Department acting inspector general remains on taxpayer-paid leave five months after a Senate report accused him of playing politics with an investigation into the Secret Service prostitution scandal.

A DHS spokeswoman on Tuesday told the Washington Examiner that Charles Edwards remains on paid administrative leave.

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