Inspector General Brian Miller said that the General Services Administration official who organized the lavish Las Vegas 2010 conference should not receive immunity from criminal charges.
“I agree with the Chairman’s decision not to grant him immunity,” Miller said when asked if Congress should grant GSA’s Jeff Neely immunity in exchange for his testimony. “I believe that the criminal justice system should run its course and if any charges are brought against Mr. Neely he should defend himself.”
Miller said that Neely had a reputation for “bullying” GSA employees under his authority and threatening them with poor employment reviews. One confidential witness, Miller said, told him she was “extremely afraid that even in her new job she would experience retaliation” for testifying about Neely’s wasteful practices.
But Neely deserves a “presumption of innocence,” Miller added. “If such charges are launched against Mr Neely, I think the appropriate place is in a court of law,” he said.
