Leif Olson, who resigned 18 days after starting his appointed position as
senior policy advisor of the Wage and Hour Division for the Department of Labor, was reinstated Wednesday. His resignation on August 30 came four hours after Bloomberg reporter Ben Penn emailed the Department of Labor and White House about a Facebook post Olson made in 2016 that Penn cropped to appear anti-Semitic.
Once it became clear the original post was sarcastic, the Department released the following statement: “Following a thorough reexamination of the available information and upon reflection, the department has concluded that Olson has satisfactorily explained the tone and content of his sarcastic social media post and will return to his position.”
Bloomberg, which published an article Tuesday with the accusation, has declined to print a retraction.
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