WASHINGTON — Joseph Persichini Jr., who headed the FBI’s Washington Field Office until he retired last Christmas, is now the executive director of the Washington D.C. Police Foundation, the Washington Examiner reported.
Persichini left the FBI under a cloud after he and two other top officials in the office were investigated internally for cheating on an open book exam on bureau policy about conducting surveillances on Americans.
A report issued Monday by the Justice Department’s Inspector General found that the cheating on that test was pervasive around the country.
It also noted that Persichini had cheated on the test but Persichini retired “from the FBI after learning that the FBI proposed to discipline him, but before the FBI had reached a final decision about that discipline.”
