--- title: FBI Launches Criminal Probe into Veterans Scandal description: The agency director James B. Comey said agents in Phoenix are heading up the investigation canonical: https://time.com/2861347/fbi-va-scandal/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-11T21:31:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:21:52.741Z article:section: Politics og:title: FBI Launches Criminal Probe into Veterans Scandal og:description: The agency director James B. 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Comey said in congressional testimony Wednesday. “We will follow wherever the facts take us,” Comey said, in response to a question from Rep. Suzan DelBene (D—WA) in a hearing of before the House Judiciary Committee. Stories of falsified records and serious misconduct have continued to surface after it was revealed earlier this year that more than a dozen veterans may have died while awaiting care at a Phoenix VA clinic. An inspector general’s report released Monday found that more than 100,000 veterans have waited longer than 90 days to see a doctor, including 64,000 over the last decade who simply fell through the cracks, never seeing a VA doctor after seeking an appointment. 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