02/03/2026 at 10:30AM
Subcommittee oversight hearing.
Witnesses:
- John Walk, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Nicole Gardner, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Yarisis Rivera-Rojas, Acting Assistant Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Before confirmation, Walk Walk was Judicial Officer at the United States Department of Agriculture. He served as Associate Counsel to President Donald J. Trump at the White House Counsel’s Office from January 2017 until December 2020. At the White House, Walk advised the President and senior White House officials on the exercise of the President’s constitutional authority, regulatory matters, executive actions, and implementation of public policy. Prior to the White House, Walk served as an attorney at the Department of Homeland Security, providing advice on DHS operations and defending against federal litigation as agency counsel as an ally of Stephen Miller. Before entering the legal profession, Walk was a senior government relations advisor at an international law firm and served as a congressional staffer in the House of Representatives. Walk is the son-in-law of Jeff Sessions, married to Sessions’ daughter Ruth.