Ms. Herold objected to his involvement on more than one occasion, Ms. Katz said. In the first, a formal report under a whistle-blower statute, Ms. Herold accuses Mr. Scalia of abuse of authority and gross mismanagement. The second is a charge of retaliation against Ms. Herold for objecting to Mr. Scalia’s intervention in the Oracle case. The third is a charge that Mr. Scalia discriminated against her because he saw her as ideologically aligned with the Obama administration. The Labor Department spokeswoman rejected the idea that Ms. Herold had observed any behavior that would prompt whistle-blowing.

Source: New York Times August 13, 2020 17:56 UTC