Inspector General fired by Obama for overstepping his authority has been cleared — wants his job back
Walpin, who was fired by President Barack Obama last summer amid controversy over his probe of Johnson, revealed Tuesday that he also had been cleared of overstepping his authority in the matter.
Now, he said, he wants his job back.
“It certainly is a vindication that I and my office – and it was mainly my office, the career staff – acted properly in connection with the investigation into St. HOPE,” Walpin said.
“It takes away any basis belatedly set forth by the White House as a reason for my termination,” he added.
Walpin, as inspector general of the Corporation for National and Community Service, began investigating St. HOPE’s use of federal grant money under the AmeriCorps program in 2008, when Johnson was running for mayor.