Interior IG: USGS director retaliated against whistleblower -- FCW

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Less than a year after Reilly learned that this employee had done so, he had USGS employees reassign the whistleblower to a new position with different responsibilities and conditions. The details of the original complaint are not included in the publicly released version of the investigative report.</p> <p>The IG states that Reilly had described the person who filed the complaint as having an "evil streak," or words to that effect. 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