A watchdog organization is pressing the Department of Health and Human Services for information related to a potential conflict of interest in its management of the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
Empower Oversight filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) public records request Wednesday with HHS for records related to the Polaris Project, the nonprofit being paid to run the human trafficking hotline, and its co-founder Katherine Chon, who is now the director of HHS’s office of trafficking in persons.
“This is a matter of urgent public safety and accountability,” said Empower Oversight president Tristan Leavitt.
“The hotline’s integrity is paramount, and these serious allegations demand full transparency from HHS. The public deserves to know whether the grant process has been compromised.”
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