Hegseth’s push to tighten IG investigation timelines is a way to ‘make complaints go away’

Hegseth’s push to tighten IG investigation timelines is a way to ‘make complaints go away’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military services to overhaul the inspector general complaint process, a move that legal experts say violates the law protecting the watchdog’s independence. In a Sept. 30 memo titled “IG Oversight and Reform: Enhancing Timeliness, Transparency, and Due Process in Administrative Investigations,” Hegseth directed the secretaries of the Navy, Army and Air Force to work with the Defense Department’s Of…