Americorps IG loses funding after Obama fired previous chief during investigations into admin corruption

Matthew Boyle The Daily Caller 1/12/2012

The inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) got hit with a nearly 50 percent budget cut for 2012, a move that, unless immediately remedied, will stifle the office’s ability to investigate a controversial branch of the Obama administration.

CNCS, and specifically its Americorps division, […]

Walpin-gate swings wide open

Two big new twists on anniversary of IG firing

Editorial The Washington Times 6/16/2010

One year to the day after illegally firing AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin, the Obama administration is scrambling to ward off further embarrassments related to the case. On Friday, Mr. Walpin’s lawsuit for reinstatement moved forward another step. For this tempest […]

Court accused of covering for Obama in ‘Walpingate’

Judge appears to be stonewalling scandal linked to White House

Drew Zahn WorldNetDaily 5/28/2010

Former Inspector General Gerald Walpin, whose dismissal by President Obama last year has been challenged by congressmen as potentially illegal political retaliation, is now stepping up the battle to get his job back, accusing the judicial system of stalling his case […]

Examiner’s York gets goods on Americorps

Washington Examiner Editorial November 22, 2009

On Friday, The Washington Examiner‘s chief political correspondent, Byron York, had another stunning report on the scandal involving the firing of Americorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin. Earlier this year, Walpin was fired in what appears to be a politically motivated attempt by Democrats to silence his investigation into allegations […]

Inspector General Walpin vindicated, will demand job back

by Ed Morrissey HotAir.com November 11, 2009

In June, the White House fired Gerald Walpin as Inspector-General of the Corporation for National and Community Service after he objected to an unusually-favorable settlement of fraud charges against a Barack Obama ally in Sacramento. The Obama administration insisted that Walpin got fired for instability and strongly hinted […]

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