Gerald Walpin speaks: The inside story of the AmeriCorps firing

Obama is as phony a a trillion dollar bill.
The inspector general obama fired, Gerald Walpin, could expose obama as a FRAUD if he filed a quo warranto upon obama's eligibility in DC Distric Court.

Gerald Walpin speaks: The inside story of the AmeriCorps firing

Somebody like former Inspector General Walpin – fired from his civil service position by Obama – would have a fair chance at qualifying as an “interested person” to make a direct attack via quo warranto upon Obama’s eligibility in the DC District Court. It is that final line issued by the SCOTUS which provides the best possible access to the quo warranto statute and the DC District Court for review of Obama’s eligibility. "and there might be cases under the civil service law in which the relator would have an interest and therefore a right to be heard." Newman v. United States ex rel. Frizzell, 238 U.S. 537 (1915).


Gerald Walpin could make a direct attack via quo warranto upon Obama’s eligibility in the DC District Court. Gerald Walpin could expose the FRAUD obama in the DC District Court.

“…there might be cases under the civil service law in which the relator would have an interest and therefore a right to be heard.”

This one line is the single most important precedent concerning the issue of who may be an “interested person” under 16-3503 of the quo warranto statute.

Dispute that resulted in firing involved stimulus money.

Why would Barack Obama fire Gerald Walpin?

Walpin was investigating the possible misuse of federal grants by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and the St. Hope Academy, a nonprofit program that Johnson founded. Kevin Johnson is a friend of the Obamas and is a former NBA All-Star basketball player.

Many in the Obama administration criticized Walpin for mishandling the investigation, because they believed Walpin was overstating the case against Kevin Johnson.

Here’s the kicker though: the firing may have been illegal.

Walpin claims that he was fired without warning. That would be a violation of the 2008 Inspectors General Reform Act. The law states that firing an inspector general requires 30 days warning and a written explanation.

According to the Walpin, he only received a written notice AFTER he was fired.

The White House's decision to fire AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin came amid politically-charged tensions inside the Corporation for National and Community Service, the organization that runs AmeriCorps. Top executives at the Corporation, Walpin explained in an hour-long interview Saturday, were unhappy with his investigation into the misuse of AmeriCorps funds by Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star who is now mayor of Sacramento, California and a prominent supporter of President Obama. Walpin's investigation also sparked conflict with the acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento amid fears that the probe -- which could have resulted in Johnson being barred from ever winning another federal grant -- might stand in the way of the city receiving its part of billions of dollars in federal stimulus money. After weeks of standoff, Walpin, whose position as inspector general is supposed to be protected from influence by political appointees and the White House, was fired.

Walpin learned his fate Wednesday night. He was driving to an event in upstate New York when he received a call from Norman Eisen, the Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform. "He said, 'Mr. Walpin, the president wants me to tell you that he really appreciates your service, but it's time to move on,'" Walpin recalls. "Eisen said, 'You can either resign, or I'll tell you that we'll have to terminate you.'"

At that moment, Walpin says, he had finished not only a report on the Sacramento probe but also an investigation into extensive misuse of AmeriCorps money by the City University of New York, which is AmeriCorps' biggest program. Walpin says he told Eisen that, given those two investigations, neither of which was well-received by top Corporation management, the timing of his firing seemed "very interesting." According to Walpin, Eisen said it was "pure coincidence." When Walpin asked for some time to consider what to do, Eisen gave him one hour. "Then he called back in 45 minutes and asked for my response," Walpin recalls.

The method of Walpin's firing could be a violation of the 2008 Inspectors General Reform Act, which requires the president to give Congress 30 days' notice, plus an explanation of cause, before firing an inspector general. Then-Sen. Barack Obama was a co-sponsor of that legislation. In the case of Walpin, Eisen's efforts to force Walpin to resign could be seen as an effort to push Walpin out of his job so that the White House would not have to go through the 30-day process or give a reason for its action. When Walpin refused to quit, the White House informed Congress and began the 30-day countdown.

Eisen's phone call came after months of increasing conflict inside the Corporation for National and Community Service. "We issued two reports that the management of the Corporation and the board of directors didn’t like, because they criticized what the board was doing," Walpin recalls. There is no question that Walpin discovered misuse of federal money in Kevin Johnson's program, known as St. HOPE, and at City University of New York. But as a result of those investigations, relations between Walpin and top executives became frosty, and he says they cut him out of Corporation business that should normally include the inspector general.

The heart of the matter is a dispute that began last year over Walpin's recommendation that Johnson and St. HOPE be barred from receiving and using federal grant money. The process is known as "suspension and debarment," meaning that Johnson would be suspended from receiving federal funds under any current arrangement and might ultimately be barred from receiving any such funds in the future. "The whole purpose of suspension and debarment," Walpin says, "is to say that somebody who was involved in the misuse of government funds in the past should not be trusted with federal funds in the future."

In the course of his investigation, Walpin found Johnson and St. HOPE had failed to use the federal money they received for the purposes specified in the grant and had also used federally-funded AmeriCorps staff for, among other things, "driving [Johnson] to personal appointments, washing his car, and running personal errands." Walpin came to the conclusion that Johnson and St. HOPE should be subject to suspension and debarment. But it was not Walpin's decision to make; there is another official at the Corporation whose job it is to make that call. In September 2008, after reviewing Walpin's evidence, the official decided to order a suspension, with the distinct possibility that it would lead to a permanent debarment.

I can only hope Gerald Walpin will help America before its to late.

Gerald Walpin Speaks About Whya He Was Fired