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Walpin Denied: Court Says He Wasn’t “Fired” Fired

Jimmie | June 19, 2010 | Comments (15)

Rule of law? Whatever on Earth is that? A federal judge in Washington has dismissed the wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by Gerald Walpin, the AmeriCorps inspector general who was fired last year by President Obama. And not just dismissed; if the decision by U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts stands, in the future the White House will [...]

Remember “It’s Not the Crime; It’s the Cover-Up”? The President Doesn’t

Jimmie | November 24, 2009 | Comments (1)

You know the old saying that it’s not the crime that really gets you, but the cover-up? I’ve a feeling that someone should have hipped the Obama administration to that a couple of months ago. Just hours after Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa released a report Friday on their investigation into the abrupt [...]

Did the IG Scandal Start Because of a Sexual Misconduct Case?

Jimmie | November 21, 2009 | Comments (0)

Hmmm… A congressional report released Friday includes allegations that D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee mishandled a complaint that Kevin M. Johnson, her current fiance, engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a student at a California charter school in 2007. At least one staff member at the St. Hope Academy resigned in protest over [...]

Can We Add Abuse of Power to the IG Scandal?

Jimmie | July 23, 2009 | Comments (4)

Well, what do we have here? A little abuse of power in the IG Scandal, perhaps? Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has asked U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui to help keep the flow of federal funds coming into the city. Johnson is not allowed to receive federal funds because of allegations his St. Hope-Hood Corps Foundation misused [...]

Is that a Second Shoe I See Dropping?

Jimmie | July 19, 2009 | Comments (3)

The Inspectors General scandal has now become a little more interesting. Gerald Walpin, the AmeriCorps inspector general who was summarily fired in June amid controversy over his investigation of a politically-connected supporter of President Obama, has filed suit alleging that the firing was “unlawful,” “politically driven,” “procedurally defective” and “a transparent and clumsily-conducted effort to [...]

Because “Nanny Nanny Boo Boo” Was Too Much Legalese?

Jimmie | July 10, 2009 | Comments (2)

The ball just keeps on rolling in the Inspectors General scandal. Byron York reported yesterday that the general counsel for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the agency that oversees AmeriCORPS, decided to invent an interesting reason not to talk to Congressional investigators. Frank Trinity, general counsel for the Corporation, met with a bipartisan [...]

Chuck Grassley Just Fired the First Shot in the IG Scandal.

Jimmie | June 26, 2009 | Comments (0)

The Inspector General scandal (IG-Gate? In-Scam?) has taken another large step forward now that Senator Chuck Grassley has released an immense report on the resignation of the Amtrak IG. I’ll read it over the weekend and give you any juicy bits I can find. In the meantime, head over to where Stacy McCain has been [...]

The IG Story is Growing Legs. Running Comes Next.

Jimmie | June 20, 2009 | Comments (5)

Stacy McCain spent the day Thursday in and around Capitol Hill doing some actual reporting on what he’s dubbed “IG-Gate”. I’ve written about that growing scandal here and here and NTC News has been all over the story with the latest developments available here. His reporting work then has borne fruit in a piece for [...]