All things WALPIN
June 18
- HMM: Mayor caught up in Americorp mess investigated by the FBI. “The FBI is investigating allegations that an executive at a nonprofit founded by Mayor Kevin Johnson obstructed a federal inquiry into the group’s spending.”
- Power Line: Walpin Speaks, Obama Administration Clams Up
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How to write a NYT article on an Obama controversy (leave out important facts)
June 17
- FROM JOHN ELWOOD, some legal commentary on the Walpin firing.
/ - The lead sponsor of the Inspectors General Act of 2008, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said yesterday that President Barack Obama did not follow the law when he fired Corporation for National and Community Service Inspector General Gerald Walpin after a Walpin investigation forced Obama supporter Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson to repay nearly $424,000 to the federal government.
- Yeah, Obama broke the law in firing Walpin, says … Claire McCaskill
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Obama playing hardball on Walpin as key Dem calls foul
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W.H.: “”Fired IG ‘confused, disoriented’”"
- And I have to wonder: If George W. Bush had fired an inspector general who had alleged fraud by a key Bush supporter, would the Post and the Times have covered the story?
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Obama’s AmeriCrooks and cronies scandal
June 16
