Posted on 06/23/2009 4:06:30 PM PDT by kellynla
Former AmeriCorps watchdog Gerald Walpin is only the first – yet still the most controversial – of three inspectors general to leave their posts prematurely since President Obama took office, and now he's asking for a congressional hearing into his suspicious firing by the White House.
As WND has reported, inspectors general are supposed to be protected from political interference so they can root out fraud and waste of government grant money wherever it may lie.
Questions have been raised, however, about the White House's firing of Walpin and have been further exacerbated by the subsequent resignation of Amtrak's watchdog Fred E. Weiderhold, the International Trade Commission's termination of Inspector General Judith Gwynn's contract and the Treasury Department's request for a ruling on how much power it has over Neil M. Barofsky, the special inspector general overseeing the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Walpin told CNSNews that when the White House fired him with a paper-thin explanation following his investigation into Obama supporter Kevin Johnson, the mayor of Sacramento, it created "a chilling effect" on other inspectors general.
"The best way to handle that – aside from President Obama admitting that he made a mistake – is to have a congressional hearing so that all facts can be put out for the public to see," Walpin said.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., have already sent letters to the administration, demanding facts, records and explanations for its questionable dealings with the inspectors general. But Walpin believes only a congressional hearing will reveal the whole story.
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no, they never will.
The proper question should be: does the GOP have the guts to pursue Walpingate?
Nope, Obama is a Democrats and in their eyes he is incapable of doing anything wrong.
No
The GOP seems to be in total disarray. They have no leadership and no agenda. They just sit on their butts with their finger up their noses. It would be wonderful it just one of them had the gonads to go on the offensive.
I agree. And I think there are a couple of congressmen also on board, but not the wall-to-wall coverage the dems usually do when this type of allegation involves a republican. That’s what I want to see. Open several fronts on the dems: healthcare, Iran, this, spending, etc.
Congree doesn’t have the guts to investigate whether, when the sun comes up, that be daylight.
It used to be the Fourth Estate's charter to do this sort of investigation. It sold newspapers.
Uh.... no.
This has little to do with guts. It has everything to do with integrity, honor, rule of law, statesmanship, honesty, moral courage and much more ... all things that are above any of the dems. They can not reach what they never had.
oops.
SB congress.
Grassley is doing great work.
You should give credit where credit is due.
The keyword “Walpin” does not appear in the “popular keywords” on FR any more. Unfortunately, even Freepers are not paying much attention.
Guess whose side the MSM was on when Nixon fired Archibald Cox. Guess whose side they are on in the Walpin outrage.
Of course the Democrat controlled congress will not. That’s okay though, we’ll get them 2010. VOTE CONGRESS OUT!
That’s good to hear. Tell him to keep up the good work. I, too, want to give credit where credit is due.
That’s good to hear. Tell him to keep up the good work. I, too, want to give credit where credit is due.
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