In the wake of the White House's highly controversial firing of an independent inspector general, one U.S. senator is demanding answers and justification, requesting records that extend even to the Office of the First Lady.
As WND reported, President Obama fired Gerald Walpin, the inspector general in charge of rooting out corruption in the AmeriCorps program, shortly after Walpin called for action against a prominent Obama supporter, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who had misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants.
"I was troubled to learn that last night your staff reportedly issued an ultimatum to the AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin that he had one hour to resign or be terminated," Grassley stated in a letter to the president. "Inspectors general were designed to have a dual role reporting to both the president and Congress so that they would be free from undue political pressure. This independence is the hallmark of all inspectors general and is essential so they may operate independently, without political pressure or interference from agencies attempting to keep their failings from public scrutiny."
Grassley's letter reminded Obama of the statute requiring the president to submit 30 days notice to Congress of an inspector general's dismissal and stated, "No such notice was provided to Congress in this instance."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=101243Hi,
This has been all over the news. Please do not blast me for using the article from World Net Daily, it is documented in several places. This was just one of the more thorough articles.
It seems that the IG was investigating a friend of BO's and they fired him for it. The law says the president must give congress 30 days notice if he wants to fire an IG, plus supply congress with the reason. BO voted for the law a couple years ago. He was given one hour to resign or be fired. The IG was on Beck last night and seems very credible. His concern is if this is allowed to happen it will affect all other investigations by the investigator general's office. They are supposed to be independent. To me this is a gestapo technique to say the least.
What really galls me is their should be outrage on both sides of the aisle. They raised hell when Gonzalez fired a couple attorneys which he was legally entitled to do which is pale by comparison to this one. I wrote my democrat senator and told him he either speaks out against it or he is a co-conspirator, there is no in between on this issue.
regards,
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edited to fit Breaking News format -- Chris