A whistleblower has come forward to confirm allegations brought by over 40 attorneys general that the nonprofit Polaris Project, contracted by the federal government to run the National Human Trafficking Hotline, routinely fails to pass along pertinent trafficking tips to law enforcement.
Senator Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), wrote a letter Monday laying out the whistleblower disclosures to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Review has learned.
“Legally protected whistleblower disclosures provided to my office appear to confirm the allegations that Polaris is not reporting instances of potential human trafficking to law enforcement,” Grassley wrote in the letter, which NR exclusively obtained…
…According to Empower Oversight, the whistleblower, a Polaris employee, made disclosures within the organization and to government offices, including the HHS Office of Inspector General and Congress. The person has been placed on temporary administrative leave because Polaris is dealing with “ongoing considerations.”
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