DYK, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question of whether a settlement agreement bars the United States from making criminal referrals of the federal employee's conduct underlying the settlement agreement. We hold that such a construction of the settlement agreement would render the agreement unenforceable as a matter of public policy, and that the agreement should accordingly be construed to permit the referrals. We thus affirm, albeit on different grounds,...
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