House GOP Probes DEA's Fentanyl Monitoring Strategy

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, has launched an investigation into a controversial DEA tactic that allowed massive fentanyl shipments to reach American streets rather than be seized, in an effort to build bigger drug cases. Comer sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Todd Blanche demanding records on the strategy, which critics say let deadly quantities of the drug slip into communities while agents tracked traffickers for larger prosecutions. The probe comes amid growing scrutiny of federal drug enforcement decisions during an ongoing fentanyl crisis that has killed tens of thousands of Americans. Republicans are pressing for accountability over whether the approach prioritized case-building over public safety, and whether officials adequately weighed the risks before letting shipments proceed.