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The White House Fires a Watchdog The curious case of the inspector general and a Presidential ally. WSJ 6/17/09
President Obama swept to office on the promise of a new kind of politics, but then how do you explain last week's dismissal of federal Inspector General Gerald Walpin for the crime of trying to protect taxpayer dollars? This is a case that smells of political favoritism and Chicago rules....****It smells even to a Democrat.**** 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.
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FBI investigates Sacramento mayor's nonprofit SACRAMENTO, Calif. – 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. Two months ago, Johnson and the St. HOPE Academy agreed to repay nearly $424,000 in federal grants to settle an investigation into whether the nonprofit misused AmeriCorps money. Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown said he asked the FBI's Sacramento division to determine whether e-mails written by Johnson were deleted during the earlier investigation. Allegations that e-mails may have been destroyed were disclosed in an April resignation letter from the group's former executive director, which was obtained by The Sacramento Bee...