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2017-06-16 Government
Jeff Sessions Ends Holder-era Slush Fund Designed to Funnel Money to Obama Allies
[LI] Under Eric Holder, the DOJ established a scheme by which the Executive could bypass Congress’ power of the purse and funnel money to Obama’s political allies. Companies targeted by the DOJ would agree to settlements, and part of the financial settlement was then ordered to be paid to left-wing interest groups such as La Raza. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a put a stop to this "slush fund."

Writing in 2015, the Wall Street Journal explained the slush fund scheme.
Republicans talk often about using the "power of the purse" to rein in a lawless Obama administration. If they mean it, they ought to use their year-end spending bill to stop a textbook case of outrageous executive overreach.

This scandal comes courtesy of the Justice Department, which for 16 months has engaged in a scheme to undermine Congress’s spending authority by independently transferring dollars to President Obama’s political allies. The department is in the process of funneling more than half-a-billion dollars to liberal activist groups, at least some of which will actively support Democrats in the coming election.

It works likes this: The Justice Department prosecutes cases against supposed corporate bad actors. Those companies agree to settlements that include financial penalties. Then Justice mandates that at least some of that penalty money be paid in the form of "donations" to nonprofits that supposedly aid consumers and bolster neighborhoods.

The Justice Department maintains a list of government-approved nonprofit beneficiaries. And surprise, surprise: Many of them are liberal activist groups. The National Council of La Raza. The National Urban League. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition. NeighborWorks America (which awards grants to left-leaning community organization groups, and has been compared with Acorn).
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee stated that the slush fund scheme was so egregious that "someone should go to jail."
Posted by Besoeker 2017-06-16 02:49|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top

#1 Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee stated that the slush fund scheme was so egregious that "someone should go to jail."


Nothing like overthrowing the fundamental of the legislative control of the purse strings. At least one English king lost his head over that game.
Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-16 07:54||   2017-06-16 07:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Money simply doesn't grow on 463L cargo pallets. It has to come from somewhere.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-06-16 07:58||   2017-06-16 07:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure don't hear anyone calling for an investigation into this.
Posted by chris 2017-06-16 08:51||   2017-06-16 08:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Google the headline to see just how effectively the MFM blacked out this story
Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-06-16 09:01||   2017-06-16 09:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Most corrupt government evah!!
Posted by DarthVader 2017-06-16 09:10||   2017-06-16 09:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Congress has to outlaw this practice by passing a law. Otherwise, some future leftist regime will reinvent it.
Posted by lord garth 2017-06-16 09:39||   2017-06-16 09:39|| Front Page Top

#7 ...as though following the law means anything to the Left. Even if they do, they have life sitting party members who will allow them to ignore the law aka the judiciary.
Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-16 11:02||   2017-06-16 11:02|| Front Page Top

#8 So long as HRC and her aides remain completely free of indictment, you're going to have a pretty uphill battle convincing the rest of us that we are a nation of laws. For God's sake SOMEBODY broke law with that STUPID private server in a BATHROOM. Is it REALLY that fucking hard to make somebody an example for such illegal bullshit?
Posted by Crusader 2017-06-16 12:37||   2017-06-16 12:37|| Front Page Top

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