Top Democrat Criticizes Report on Sexual Harassment at FDIC Amid Calls for Martin Gruenberg to Resign by Katabella Roberts – US Politics News

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, has criticized a newly published investigation into claims of sexual harassment and misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
In a press release on Thursday, Ms. Waters called the probe by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton into workplace culture at the agency “troubling.”
The third-party investigation, published on Tuesday, found that the FDIC fostered a workplace that included “sexual harassment, discrimination, and other interpersonal misconduct.”
However, Ms. Waters claimed the report places the focus for “tone at the top” solely on the FDIC’s current leader, Martin Gruenberg, a Democrat, while ignoring the activities of its former Republican chairs….