
Oversight: If the White House really believes that AmeriCorps' inspector general was "confused" and "disoriented," how about open congressional hearings where the American people can see for themselves?
Eisen writes that President Obama decided to fire Walpin after learning that the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California, Lawrence Brown, "had filed a complaint about Mr. Walpin's conduct with the oversight body for inspectors general."
This is the same Lawrence Brown who, acting on information provided by the confused Mr. Walpin, reached an agreement with Mayor Johnson and the group to repay half of the $850,000 in grant money it received, including $72,836.50 that came out of Johnson's wallet.
Walpin was probably getting too close to the waste, fraud and abuse that's been found rampant in the stimulus program... Full story