charles k. edwards was the acting dhs inspector general from 2011 to 2013.signed his office in december. that was just three days before he was scheduled to appear at a senate hearing to answer questions on allegations that he was becoming too cozy with department and administration leadership. senator ron johnson, the ranking republican on the committee who led the bipartisan investigation, says, quote, we found that mr. edwards was a compromised inspector

charles k. edwards was the acting dhs inspector general from 2011 to 2013. he resigned his office in december. that was just three days before he was scheduled to appear at a senate hearing to answer questions on allegations that he was becoming too cozy with department and administration leadership. senator ron johnson, the ranking republican on the committee who led the bipartisan investigation, says, quote, we found that mr. edwards was a compromised inspector general who was not exercising real oversight. any report generated out of his office would be suspect. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in our washington bureau with more. >> thank you, gretchen. this comes from the senate committee with oversight for homeland security and archly substantiates allegations that first surfaced about a year ago about the acting inspector general. whistlebloe whistleblowers alleges that charles edwards had ordered them to strike negative information about the secret service and evidence implicating a white house staff member that related to t

alleging charles k edwards acting inspector general for 2011-2013 ordered them to strike negative informationbout the secret service and evidence implicating a white house staff member related to the 2012 investigation of secret service members accused of hiring prostitutes in colombia. more staff members came forward and other reports claiming he routinely shared information about investigators with senior administration officials on the secretaries watch. this was seen as an effort to carry favor and for edward to eventually become a permanent inspector general of homeland security. a position that is supposed to be independent. ron johnson and claire mccaskill issuing a statement concluding based on these allegations and their investigations that the homeland security department inspector general was compromised during this period they found mr. edwards jeopardized the independence of the homeland security department inspector general during his departure there. he spent two decades the federal government and abruptly resigned a few days before he was expected to face aggressive questionin