EXCLUSIVE: Top Biden DHS official faces ethics complaint over potentially illegal Twitter post
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the DHS, posted a Tweet on Nov. 27 that promoted a 2022 book called Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency by Wired reporter Andy Greenberg.
"With prior experience in government and as the director of an influential agency, which just happens to deal with misbehavior on the internet, Ms. Easterly should certainly have known that such a statement could be troublesome," he said."This is yet another example of why the American public’s trust in its government is at an all-time low."
In addition, officials are not allowed to use their role in a way"that could reasonably be construed to imply" that their agency is endorsing personal activities of themselves or others, rules say. "A tweet identifying Ms. Easterly’s position at CISA and lauding Mr. Greenberg’s works may have been reasonably perceived by her subordinates as reflecting her intent that they purchase Mr. Greenberg’s works and that such a purchase would be looked upon favorably by Ms. Easterly," said PPT in its complaint.
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