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[[Claire McCaskill]], chair of the FCO Subcommittee, stated in her report to the Senate: "The Subcommittee found that Mr. Edwards jeopardized the independence of the Office of the Inspector General and that he abused agency resources."<ref>{{cite web|title=US Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/fco/media/letter-and-staff-report-from-chairman-mccaskill-and-ranking-member-johnson-to-council-of-the-inspectors-general-on-integrity-and-efficiency|accessdate=2014-04-24}}</ref>
[[Claire McCaskill]], chair of the FCO Subcommittee, stated in her report to the Senate: "The Subcommittee found that Mr. Edwards jeopardized the independence of the Office of the Inspector General and that he abused agency resources."<ref>{{cite web|title=US Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/fco/media/letter-and-staff-report-from-chairman-mccaskill-and-ranking-member-johnson-to-council-of-the-inspectors-general-on-integrity-and-efficiency|accessdate=2014-04-24}}</ref>


On March 6, 2020 Edwards was indicted by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). A federal grand jury returned a 16-count indictment against Edwards, alleging he stole both proprietary software and confidential databases from the United States government, part of a scheme to defraud the government.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.trust.org/item/20200306163145-s9jel/|title=Ex-inspector general at U.S. Department of Homeland Security indicted for stealing govt property|last=Lynch|first=Sarah N.|date=2020-03-06|website=news.trust.org|publisher=[[Reuters]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200306225322/https://news.trust.org/item/20200306163145-s9jel|archive-date=2020-03-06|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-acting-inspector-general-us-department-homeland-security-indicted-theft-government|title=Former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Indicted on Theft of Government Property and Scheme to Defraud the United States Government|last=|first=|date=2020-03-06|website=www.justice.gov|publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200306220832/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-acting-inspector-general-us-department-homeland-security-indicted-theft-government|archive-date=2020-03-06|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>
On March 6, 2020 Edwards was indicted by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). A federal grand jury returned a 16-count indictment against Edwards, alleging he stole both proprietary software and confidential databases from the United States government, part of a scheme to defraud the government.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.trust.org/item/20200306163145-s9jel/|title=Ex-inspector general at U.S. Department of Homeland Security indicted for stealing govt property|last=Lynch|first=Sarah N.|date=2020-03-06|website=news.trust.org|publisher=Reuters|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200306225322/https://news.trust.org/item/20200306163145-s9jel|archive-date=2020-03-06|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-acting-inspector-general-us-department-homeland-security-indicted-theft-government|title=Former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Indicted on Theft of Government Property and Scheme to Defraud the United States Government|last=|first=|date=2020-03-06|website=www.justice.gov|publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200306220832/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-acting-inspector-general-us-department-homeland-security-indicted-theft-government|archive-date=2020-03-06|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>


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