The Trump administration has reportedly installed an author of the far-right Project 2025 agenda inside the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General as the watchdog is facing growing calls to investigate alleged corruption by top agency officials. Last year, Kirk was placed inside the office of the inspector general of the US intelligence community, drawing alarm. The current acting head of the Interior Department’s IG office is Caryl Brzymialkiewicz, who ascended to the role after Trump fired the previous watchdog, Mark Greenblatt, in January 2025 as part of a broader purge. Greenblatt said in a statement posted to his website earlier this week that reports of Kirk’s installation at the Interior IG office “should concern anyone who values independent government oversight.” In a statement to the investigative outlet Public Domain, a spokesperson for the Interior Department Office of Inspector General said that “we do not have a comment on this matter, which relates to personnel issues.”