Matthew Boyle
The Daily Caller
8/23/2012
A whistle-blower whose allegations have caused Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice to sue polling company The Gallup Organization was an Iowa field organizer in Council Bluffs for President Barack Obama during his 2008 run for president.
The DOJ is alleging — based on allegations by now former Gallup employee Michael Lindley — that the polling company violated the False Claims Act by boosting the number of hours it charges the federal government for its services.
Based on Lindley’s accusation, one of Holder’s top deputies, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s Civil Division Stuart Delery, said, “Contractors must understand that it is unlawful to use inflated estimates to obtain higher contract prices. The decision to join this civil lawsuit underscores the commitment of the Department of Justice to recover federal funds that are unlawfully claimed.”
It’s unclear at this point how solid the evidence against Gallup is that Lindley is alleging he has – the DOJ is characterizing him as a “whistleblower” and the DOJ doesn’t say it has any evidence other than Lindley’s allegations — but the timing of this lawsuit may prompt more accusations of political activity from Holder’s DOJ. Gallup currently has Obama’s GOP challenger Mitt Romney with a slight edge in its daily tracking figures at, leading the incumbent president 47-45…
The article continues at The Daily Caller.
Related: What do you think of of the Obama Administration threatening the Gallup Organization for essentially issuing a veiled warning about the tinkering of the unemployment numbers? at SodaHead.
“In a move that could have chilling First Amendment consequences, the Obama regime this week showed that it’s willing to use the full weight and power of the Justice Department to pummel any media outlet that doesn’t toe the party line.”…
Obama Bullying Gallup: DOJ is Suing Them at Atlas Shrugs. “We are a little over two months short of dictator.”
H/T iOwnTheWorld
