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July 3, 2009

More on the Walpingate - Americorps IG scandal

Topics: Political News and commentaries

Walpingate is not going away, and the fire is being stoked by the White House's refusal to release documents concerning its actions:

Key Republicans in both the House and the Senate are accusing the White House of giving "incomplete and misleading" information to investigators probing the president's abrupt firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin. In return, the White House is hinting that documents concerning its actions in the Walpin affair may be protected by executive privilege.

Both developments are part of an escalating conflict between GOP lawmakers and the Obama administration. Republicans are deeply skeptical of the White House explanation for the June 10 firing of Walpin, a tough investigator who had been probing misuse of AmeriCorps money by Sacramento, Calif., mayor -- and prominent Obama supporter -- Kevin Johnson. And the administration seems determined to conceal its dealings with AmeriCorps and the organization that oversees it, the Corporation for National and Community Service.

It stands to reason that if the Obama administration has nothing to hide about its firing of Walpin and what he was investigating that caused his firing, then it should have no problem releasing the requested documents.

On the other hand, we're not talking about documents related to national security, only those that could embarrass the White House (or worse). So there's no justification for the WH to invoke executive privilege.

Posted by Abdul at July 3, 2009 9:15 AM

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