Posted on 06/15/2009 10:09:28 AM PDT by pissant
President Barack Obama tried late last week to quietly fire an inspector general who had investigated a close political ally, a move that prompted attention from several media sources anyway. Obama terminated Gerald Walpin, inspector general of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which runs the AmeriCorps program, after Walpin launched an investigation last year that involved Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA player who had founded a community group called St. HOPE Academy.
Walpin’s audit of St. HOPE, which sought to find out how the organization had spent $847,673 in grant funds from AmeriCorps, came in the middle of Johnson’s reelection campaign. At that time, Walpin raised the specter of funds being diverted and misused by Johnson’s organization. The Democrat and supporter of Obama called the investigation “politically motivated,” and his aides brought up details about Walpin’s support for Republican Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to indicate bias on his part. In 2007 and 2008, Walpin donated money to the presidential campaigns of Rudy Giuliani and John McCain.
In April, St. HOPE Academy agreed to a settlement with the federal government to pay $423,836.50, of which $72,836.50 came out of Johnson’s pocket. Walpin was cut out of those negotiations to settle the matter.
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That is a felony crime. The FBI should investigate and the House impeach!
The only way this story makes the New York Times is in the classified ads section.
That’ll teach him not to investigate one of Obama’s friends. After all, they are above the law and above reproach. Thugs, all of them.
I am glad to see this is making it SLOWLY out into the news cycle.
Michelle Obama Fires Inspector General Who Investigated a Friend
Chicago Style...it ain’t just for pizza and hot dogs, folks!
IMPEACH.
As if Eric Holder is going to do anything.
As if Nancy Pelosi is going to do anything.
As if the MSM are going to report it truthfully and accurately.
Truthers win in the end. Let’s hope the end is near.
No scandal of any kind can be permitted to “splash over” onto “The One”.
What’s this? More of the Obama change we were promised??
crickets chirping
“That is a felony crime. The FBI should investigate and the House impeach!”
I like that, someone who points out laws and expects us to act as if we are a nation of laws. How quaint!
The Obama administration has shredded the constitution, what would lead you to believe laws apply to them?
Why do you suppose the Obamanation fired Walpin of AmriCorps?? He checked into huge amounts of money that ended up in an ex basketball star’s hands. Walpin was fired from the top...no time limit, no investigation, no congressional investigation..nothing. When do you suppose the Obamanation will have one of his salery’s czars check on sport saleries, entertainment saleries, or Hollywood bigs and their money??
Isn’t this the type of thing that resulted in Nixon’s fall?
You could tell he was underhanded by the dirty way he played basketball and the constant sneer that was always planted on his face.
Obama works hard to keep that sneer off his own face.
The head gangsta of the Gangsta Government is in da house.
More unfair racist, sexist, homophobia from aging, balding white men angry that a black man has gotten ahead.
I heard Laura Ingraham early this morning.
She had on the fired Gerald Walpin, just more
of Obama’s dirt and more to come.
Must not point out the Emperor has no new Clothes.
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