Walpingate Steps It Up To New Level of Accusations

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Remember Inspector General Walpin, and how he got fired by the White House for exposing sexual misconduct and gross misappropriation of federal funds by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a prominent Barack Obama supporter? Well, now Walpin's team is also accusing the judicial system of stalling his case and, thus, doing the White House a convenient favor.

Talk about political favors!

Barack Obama, in his usual, smug, "I won't tolerate insolence" attitude, has moved on to appoint Walpin's replacement, as though the scandal were resolved.

Independent federal inspectors general like Walpin are supposed to be granted special protection from political interference or retaliation – thanks in part to a law co-sponsored by then Senator Barack Obama – to ensure they are free to investigate waste and fraud uninfluenced by political cronyism. Which means Obama, in firing Walpin for political reasons, violated his own law.

California Representative Darrell Issa says of the case: "Throughout our investigation of Mr. Walpin's removal, the White House has repeatedly communicated that the president was not motivated by inappropriate political reasons. The fact is Gerald Walpin led an aggressive investigation of a political ally of President Obama that successfully recovered taxpayer dollars. While firing an investigator who uncovered the abuse of funds by a political ally might be considered an act of 'political courage' in Chicago politics, for most Americans it raises troubling questions."

Walpin is currently petitioning a higher court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The Court of Appeals has issued an order for all sides in the Walpin lawsuit to submit response to Walpin's filing within the next seven days.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

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