A top Justice Department official tasked with reining in corporate crime and upholding accountability standards has resigned, citing “conduct at the top”—a thinly veiled reference to President Donald Trump and his staff—that made her job impossible.
“Trying to hold companies to standards that our current administration is not living up to was creating a cognitive dissonance that I could not overcome.”
—Hui Chen, former Justice Department officialHui Chen was hired as a “full-time compliance expert” (pdf) in the Justice Department’s Fraud Section in 2015 following a career as a federal prosecutor. She had also previously worked as a compliance officer with several major companies.
On Twitter, Chen frequently expressed frustration with the inner workings of the Trump administration, particularly following the firing of former FBI Director James Comey in May.
“I am not willing nor able to compartmentalize my values as an [ethics and compliance] professional, a citizen, and a human being,” she wrote.
Earlier this month, Chen announced that she would attend the March for Truth, a rally that called for an independent investigation into the Trump administration’s ties to Russian officials.
“Yes, I am pro-truth, pro-democracy, and pro-earth, and will stand, march, and fight for these values,” she wrote.
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