Obama DOJ Funneled BILLIONS
to Liberal Activist Groups, 3/3/17 Fox
News
The Obama administration funneled billions of
dollars to activist organizations through a Department of Justice slush fund
scheme, according to congressional investigators.
“It’s clear partisan politics played
a role in the illicit actions that were made,” Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas,
told Fox News. “The DOJ is the last place this should have occurred.”
Findings spearheaded by the House
Judiciary Committee point to a process shrouded in secrecy whereby monies were
distributed to a labyrinth of nonprofit organizations involved with grass-roots
activism.
“Advocates for big government and
progressive power are using the Justice Department to extort money from
corporations,” Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton told Fox News. “It’s a shakedown.
It’s corrupt, pure and simple.”
There is a recent effort by
Republicans to eliminate the practice, which many believe was widely abused
during the Obama administration.
When big banks are sued by the
government for discrimination or mortgage abuse, they can settle the cases by
donating to third-party non-victims. The settlements do not specify how these
third-party groups could use the windfall. So far, investigators have accounted
for $3 billion paid to “non-victim entities.”
Critics say banks are incentivized
to donate the funds to non-profits rather than giving it to consumers. “The
underlying problem with the slush funds is we don’t know exactly where the
money is going,” Ted Frank, director of The Competitive Enterprise Institute
Center for Class Action Fairness, told Fox News. “Using enforcement authority
to go after corporate defendants, DOJ bureaucrats are taking billions away from
taxpayers to fund their pet projects overriding congressional preferences…”
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