Michele Leonhart, who has served at the helm of the Drug Enforcement Administration since 2007, is stepping down in mid-May following revelations about “sex parties” involving prostitutes overseas and other misconduct among its agents. Leonhart has come under heavy criticism on Capitol Hill since an inspector general report last month documented a series of episodes in which agents hired prostitutes dating back to 2005. During last week’s hearing, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released another report which found that agents were having sex parties with prostitutes paid for by Colombian drug cartels as early as 2001. The report also described “literally dozens” of such parties at residences paid for with U.S. government funds. The reports by the inspector general and DEA show that the agents who attended the parties received suspensions between two and 10 days, which leadership in the committee has called “unacceptable.” 

SOURCE: Washington Post