Posted on 03/01/2017 10:06:34 AM PST by Beave Meister
The Obama administration funneled billions of dollars to activist organizations through a Department of Justice slush fund scheme, according to congressional investigators.
Its clear partisan politics played a role in the illicit actions that were made, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, told Fox News. The DOJ is the last place this should have occurred.
Findings spearheaded by the House Judiciary Committee point to a process shrouded in secrecy whereby monies were distributed to a labyrinth of nonprofit organizations involved with grass-roots activism.
Advocates for big government and progressive power are using the Justice Department to extort money from corporations, Judicial Watchs Tom Fitton told Fox News. Its a shakedown. Its corrupt, pure and simple.
There is a recent effort by Republicans to eliminate the practice, which many believe was widely abused during the Obama administration.
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PING!!!
Actions (Lawsuits) settled by the federal government should go back to the federal government, back to the taxpayer. [instead of to LaRaza,National Community Reinvestment Coalition and the National Urban League.]
Lankford has introduced the Stop Settlement Slush Fund Act of 2017 while House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., submitted similar legislation in the House.
Article and comments, esp. #15, #23, #24, #30
Thanks, Beave Meister
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It all began with the Microsoft browser $1B lawsuit back in the 90’s started by AG from NY
The New Black Panthers and the various Black Lives Matters front groups were among the recipients of this money. There is a federal government electronic document trail for the former’s funding.
DO IT ASAP!!!
That is a far better description. In the shakedowns of banks, banks were given the opportunity for payments to ACORNs replacement and other like organizations to count double compared to payments to the ostensible victims.
Thanks. That was one of the examples I was looking for.
Not really. This was pure executive-branch action, combined with friendly judges. Congress had not even a little say aside from making a stink.
**GOP wants to eliminate shadowy DOJ slush fund bankrolling leftist groups**
I’ll second that!
Wouldn’t the American people get behind any administration that finds this kind of garbage and exposes it, then follows the law on such activity?
Criminal gangster USGov, Barak’s world; hopefully gone forever. However, the fact that could _ever_ occur, with a Republican Congress looking on, indicates that the corruption is so deep that, Humpty cannot be actually put back together again. Do what we can yes!
Call me skeptical w/ anything at the Fedzilla level, let alone the (R)NC\GOP(e) ‘promises’ vs. outright theft/fraud/abuse or anti-We the People.
Until the follow-up, I’ll add this to the list of “Reasons to tell ‘em F*-OFF when the Uniparty (re)election comes ‘round”.
Where Hanz and his sternly worded letter? Just as effective as the (R) in the *MAJORITY* (hint hint).
Why are we learning about this atrocity only now? Republicans in government are so spineless. Settlements from a company should go to the people damaged by their behavior, not Dem preferred political groups, especially with $2 forgiven for each $1 donated to someone like ACORN jr. Yikes!
I remember when Microsoft was sued, mostly for not donating to Dems. Who got this settlement money?
They did learn and are now huge Dem donors.
just saw this on another site. So, do you think the Sessions lynch mob (no pun intended) is using the Trump speech deflating Sessions attack to actually cover up and distract from this more important Sessions investigation of the obama infiltrators?
“Loretta Lynch: Well Position DOJ to Do Obamas Work Long After Were Gone”
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