House Financial Services Republicans have had “preliminary discussions” with the OIG regarding its report on erased messages from ex-Chair Gary Gensler’s phone.
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 20: A sign marks the location of the U.S. Department of Education headquarters building on June 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano speaks as President Donald Trump looks on prior to signing a presidential proclamation in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14, 2025. (Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, takes her seat for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on June 12, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)
Billionaire Elon Musk, then-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), holds a chainsaw as he speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
BEIJING, CHINA – AUGUST 24: In this photo illustration, the logo of Grok is displayed on a smartphone screen with the xAI logo in the background on August 24, 2025 in Beijing, China. Elon Musk’s xAI has open-sourced its Grok 2.5 model and plans to do the same for Grok 3 in the next 6 months. (Photo illustration by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump displays an executive order on artificial intelligence he signed at the “Winning the AI Race” AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)
A video monitor displays attendees as their images are captured with CyperLink’s facial recognition during CES 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 8, 2020. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)