Government Accountability Office: Seven Biden Admin Officials Arein Their Positions Illegally

According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), seven officials in the Biden administration are in their positions illegally.

The seven individuals in question are in “acting” positions, which have time limits on how long one can serve in them without a full Senate confirmation. 

According to the Epoch Times:

The law states that if the Senate rejects a first nomination to permanently fill a position or if the president withdraws the nomination, an “acting” officer may fill the position for up to 210 more days.

The president may submit a second nominee to the Senate, and if the nomination is rejected, an acting officer may fill the position for another 210 days. Outside of these time limits, if no individual is confirmed, the position must remain vacant, and only the head of the agency may perform the functions or duties of the position.

Each of the violations began in 2021 or 2022. 

The seven individuals in question listed in the GAO report are:

Allison Randall—Acting Director of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women;

Charlotte A. Dye—Acting General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA);

Tae D. Johnson—Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE);

Deidre Harrison—Acting Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB);

Karen Freeman, Craig Hart, and Ann Marie Yastishock—Assistant Administrators of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Asia.

The Office of Management and Budget and Federal Labor Relations Authority disputed the GAO’s assessment in the cases of Harrison and Dye, and argued that their service has been proper.