Obama is firing an inspector general, Gerald Walpin, who uncovered wrongdoing by a prominent Obama supporter and then opposed letting him escape justice.
Ironically, when Obama recently nominated a liberal judge to the Supreme Court, his Administration trumpeted Walpin’s support for her.
Walpin is the Inspector General for the AmeriCorps program, which is riddled with waste, fraud, and ideological misuse of taxpayer funds. Walpin “has been doing a good job” and he has “identified millions of dollars in AmeriCorps funds that were wasted or misspent,” notes Senator Grassley. Walpin's investigations have saved taxpayers millions.
But when Walpin recently exposed wrongdoing by a prominent Obama supporter, Kevin Johnson, Obama moved to fire Walpin. Walpin protested the Administration’s failure to hold Johnson, a liberal mayor, accountable for using taxpayer money to pay for “political activities” and pay volunteers to run “personal errands for” Johnson “and even wash his car.”
Obama staffers and supporters are now falsely claiming that Walpin, whom the Obama Administration recently quoted and cited as an authority (given his stature as a highly-respected former federal prosecutor and big-name law firm partner with clients across the political spectrum), is a right-wing nut (a ridiculous claim).
Walpin notes that although he uncovered massive wrongdoing by Johnson, it has led only to a sham settlement: $350,000 that is supposed to be paid back to the taxpayers never will be, since the entity that Johnson used to receive taxpayer money and spend it on himself now “is insolvent,” and its “settlement agreement was carefully drafted so that no obligation is imposed on” Johnson for that money, only the defunct entity he controlled. That’s so even though it was Johnson who used Americorps money to pay volunteers to “wash his car” and run “personal errands” for him.
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This is the first clear example of an act of TYRANY that is at the core of this administrations carefully UNSTATED objectives.
This needs to make NATIONAL headlines and given full public airing, FOR THIS IS THE TRUE OBAMA, and STAFF!
WHAT can be done? He s caught redhanded now! OBAMA, as a brilliant attorney has not been schooled to find and present the truth, ever. He s all about saying anything, ANYTHING to influence the 'jury' in this case US citizens. He is the greatest actor in america today! He need s truly to be empeached, there is adequate reason, many reasons!
most sincerely RB
What does SCOTUS mean?! Please spell out. No one knows.
SCOTUS means Supreme Court Of The United States. Thus, POTUS is used to refer to Obama, President Of The United States and IOTUS is used to refer to Biden, Idiot Of The United States.
This is big news folks. I have been reading about this and this is clearly retribution against an investigator who has found a friend of Obama guilty of mismanaging funds. Obama is trying to send a message, don't mess with my totalitarian government. This is a Hugo Chavez move. Folks you should be scared, very scared!
Amazingly only four comments. I have read the OIG Report and Walpin's recent comments concerning his firing. I want Obama impeached this week. Johnson agreed to pay back 450,000 dollars. Innocent men do not pay back a damn thing.
Obama walked whaen he committed exeptionally grave damage to national security by compromising interrogation techniques, them commits espionage by publishing the documents, No commentary, no consequence.
His innauguration wasa racist sham; his pedigree is affluent, arrogant, democrat dirt, and now he has fired a watchdog for not being a lapdog.
Oh by the way, your kewl, neato, corrupt democrat african american mayor out there in Sacramento also likes kids a different way. he likes them as much as Michael Jackson.
Obama needs to face the music this time. It's been one horror after another and it hasn't even been a year.
Let's not forget Miranda Rights for foreign nationals on foreign soil for enemy action against U. S. Forces.
Vincenzo4--You want Obama IMPEACHED over $450,000? Are you kidding me? Investigated, yes. Impeached, no. If we didn't impeach Bush/Cheney over the lies they told us and the trillions of dollars they cost this country to go to a falsely started war in Iraq, as well as the thousands of military who have died for their lies, no way should Obama be impeached over this. I have also read the report and am involved in investigating health care fraud. I share your deep concerns, but no way your direction for impeachment.
Pathological liars pathetically telling lies about Bush ---- to justify real lies by Democrats.
The Democrats are in power ---- and they are a sick party in the same way that the Middle Eastern nutcase regimes are, and in the same way that the Soviets were, on their way to collapse.
They lie when they inhale and they lie when they exhale, for the falsification of reality is the name of their game and only truth that they know. Sick, sick, sick!
The trashing of Walpin and the assassination of his character tell us not that he was wrong in his pursuit of OhBummer's pal --- but that he was right to pursue this sticky-fingered hijacker of tax money.
People go to jail for not paying taxes while scumbuckets hijack tax money ---- and then thumb their noses at the suckers who paid the taxes.
Yi Ha ***
Minister of Information
Peoples' Capitalist Republic of Whizbangistan
*** Pronounced "YEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
Gotta say it, the war Iraq has not gone over 700 billion dollars, contrary to the claim by Fran that is has cost trillions. Keep in mind, that is less than 700 billion since the invasion, as opposed to 2 trillion in new spending and counting in less than 1/2 a year by the current administration. (Very rough) Is 700B/6yrs > 2,000B/.5yrs?
Crime in Americorps and crime in the White House. Time to get the Great Pretender Obama.
It's racism of the reverse kind!
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