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  • Interior Minister Spoke Untruthfully To Parliament

    Interior Minister Spoke Untruthfully To Parliament

    What Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir told parliament earlier this summer about police investigations of her Ministry, and what the reality was, are two different things. As Vísir points out, Hanna Birna addressed parliament on the investigations of her Ministry on numerous…

  • The Deafening Cognitive Dissonance of the Interior Minister

    The Deafening Cognitive Dissonance of the Interior Minister

    “I can say categorically that his investigation indicates that no one on the White House staff, no one in this administration, presently employed, was involved in this very bizarre incident. What really hurts in matters of this sort is not the fact…

  • Interior Minister Threatened Police, Considering Resigning

    Interior Minister Threatened Police, Considering Resigning

    Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir reportedly threatened the former police commissioner with an investigation of her own, and her assistants tried to influence his statements to the press. This and more has come to light in a new letter from the Parliamentary…

  • Interior Minister May Have Broken Ministerial Regulations

    Interior Minister May Have Broken Ministerial Regulations

    Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir has responded to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, again, and the facts brought to light may implicate her in breaking official government regulations. As reported, sources who spoke to DV said that Hanna Birna spoke with Commissioner…

  • Ombudsman Wants Clearer Answers From Interior Minister

    Ombudsman Wants Clearer Answers From Interior Minister

    Parliamentary Ombudsman Tryggvi Gunnarsson is not satisfied with the response he received from Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir last week about her communications with former Commissioner of the Capital Area Police Stefán Eiríksson, and has asked for further clarification. In…

  • Interior Minister Responds To Official Inquiry

    Interior Minister Responds To Official Inquiry

    Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir met with the former Commissioner of the Capital Area Police four times during police investigations of her ministry, but denies she ever tried to exert influence. These acts may put her on shakey ground with…

  • Interior Minister Scandal Causes Tremors In Parliament

    Interior Minister Scandal Causes Tremors In Parliament

    Members of parliament are sharply divided on how to contend with the news that Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir may have tried to influence the police investigations of her ministry. Shortly after news broke from DV that Hanna Birna had…

  • Parliamentary Ombudsman Wants Answers From Interior Minister

    Parliamentary Ombudsman Wants Answers From Interior Minister

    The Parliamentary Ombudsman, after having spoken with both former Commissioner of the Capital Area Police Stefán Eiríksson and State Prosecutor Sigríður Friðjónsdóttir, is now demanding that Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir answer to allegations that she may have tried to…