Interior Official Wanted Prosecution Of MMP Managers

Following reaction to his report of corruption in the Royalty-In-Kind (RIK) program of the Minerals Management Program (MMP) of the Department of the Interior (earlier), the department’s inspector general Earl Devaney on Thursday testified before the House Natural Resources Committee. Devaney said he recommended that the DOJ prosecute officials Gregory and Lucy Dennet, saying “Simply stated, the MMS employees named in these reports had a callous disregard for the ethical rules by which the rest of us are required to play.” The DOJ declined to prosecute them and has not explained its decision (McClatchy).