Adam Krupp Controversy Grows: $210K State Role With No Job Description Raises Questions

Adam Krupp, of course, was the former head of DCS child services. He was making $210,000 a year. He disappeared for three months, claimed he had a medical emergency, wouldn't tell anyone where he was or what he was doing. Does this sound familiar, a high profile leader disappears for a period of time and won't tell anybody where he was at or what he was doing. That seems really familiar, a high profile leader disappeared, wouldn't tell anybody where he was at or what he was doing. Joe Hogsett did that during the riots, didn't he, that's right. And then finally the other day he reemerged with an announcement that he had resigned as the head of DCS, but he had taken a role as a quote special advisor with the Braun administration making the same $210,000 a year. Our friends at WRTV6 tried to get answers on what this guy's doing, they couldn't get one. And then yesterday our friend Kara Kenney told me that the governor's office finally confirmed, or State Department of Personnel confirmed, there is no job description for this special advisor role. A guy works in state government making $210,000 a year plus benefits and a role was magically invented for him, and the media is like hey can you tell us what the job description is, nope, don't have one.

Unanswered Questions Surround Adam Krupp’s Three-Month Disappearance

We still have no idea where he went, why he was out of the office for three months, what he was doing, except Braun talked yesterday, and we have told you never let Braun stop talking, every time he opens his mouth it is gold for this show. So Braun was on with Tony yesterday, he talked about the gas tax, but Tony also asked him about Krupp, and listen to this quote from Braun. You tell me if this doesn't stink to high heaven. You have a guy who disappears for three months, you have no idea where he's at or what he's doing. If he had an illness, you would say hey I've got cancer, I'm on the mend, I'm going to fight this thing, I'm going to do my job to the best of my ability while I'm gone. You would let the public know what was happening. This guy didn't say any of that, nor did the Braun administration, and then he just re-emerges. Why is he not leading DCS if he's well enough to come back to work. If he's well enough to go to work, why is he not still in charge of DCS. He's clearly working and getting paid, no answers.

Governor Braun’s Explanation Raises New Concerns About Leadership Decisions

So Tony asks him about this, and here's what Braun said, quote, he was considered to be doing a good job, the people there like working for him, but it got to be a little too much, so gave him a leave of absence. He then said he's ready to come back. That doesn't sound like an illness, that sounds like a guy who wasn't capable of doing the job and had some sort of breakdown. And if he can't do the job, why did he get a new job making the same amount of money. Look, that's a stressful job, DCS is a dumpster fire, you deal with terrible situations, but you should have known that when you took the job, because Adam Krupp is a career government person. According to one press release, he served in legal and leadership roles in Indiana's BMV, Family and Social Services, and the office of Indiana Governor Mike Pence, so it isn't like he didn't know what he was going into. What Braun appears to have said there is he couldn't do it. Nothing wrong with that, that's a difficult job, but if you can't do the job you don't get another job for the same amount of money without a job description. This is why our state can't pay its bills without raising taxes, because they're paying someone $210,000 and we don't even know what they do. The governor added, according to the Capital Chronicle, that running the agency quote got to Krupp before, and Braun said he will see how the new arrangement works. So this isn't the first time this has happened. You put a guy in there who has a track record of not being able to handle the job, and you put him back in government again. Hey Krupp, why don't you come on and tell us what's going on? Why don't you, for the first time in this whole process, be responsible to the taxpayers and tell us what's happening. Because according to what Braun alluded to, there was some sort of breakdown. If you can't do the job, you shouldn't be in that position, and you shouldn't get another high paying job as a payoff.

Pattern of Government Hiring Decisions Fuels Accountability Concerns in Indiana

Krupp previously led the Department of Revenue from 2017 to 2020. The public spin was that he quit to run for attorney general, which he did, and then I started looking into that because now Krupp is on the list. After losing, he got a job with a company called Resultant. Here is what they said when they hired him in 2022: "Resultant, a leading consulting firm specializing in technology, data analytics and digital transformation, announced today that it has named Adam Krupp as Senior Director of Public Sector Services, in which he oversees a team delivering transformational solutions for government agencies, with a specific focus on Resultant’s work with the State of Indiana." So he leads the Department of Revenue, leaves, goes to a company that does business with the state of Indiana, then ends up running DCS, and according to Braun, on multiple occasions, he couldn't handle it. That is why government is in the shape it's in. This guy keeps getting put in these positions. Where have we seen this before. Jennifer Ruth Green had no business being in a cabinet level position. She was put there, and within months she ends up under inspector general investigation, pays a fine, and quits. This is a pattern, and we can only go off what Braun said. If they would just be honest and tell you the truth directly, you wouldn't have to connect the dots. Adam Krupp is a career government person. If you had an illness, I hope you get better, but you have no business being in Indiana government, you have no business being in charge of anything, and you have no business getting a cushy landing spot if this has happened before. This has got to stop.