FBI Investigates Veterans Affairs Department

The FBI is investigating employees of the Veterans Affairs Department accused of falsifying patient waiting lists. Director James Comey says agents in the bureau's Phoenix field office are leading the investigation. They are taking their cue from the VA inspector general, who is conducting a national audit of VA patient schedules. Comey says, "we will follow wherever the facts take us." He spoke at a House hearing. He received praise from members afterwards, several of whom had urged the bureau to look into potential criminal misconduct.