Posted on 11/20/2009 11:04:03 AM PST by neverdem
A congressional investigation of the volunteer organization AmeriCorps contains charges that D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee handled "damage control" after allegations of sexual misconduct against her now fiance, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA star and a prominent ally of President Obama, The Washington Examiner has learned.
The charges are contained in a report prepared by Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, and Rep. Darrell Issa, ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The investigation began after the AmeriCorps inspector general, Gerald Walpin, received reports that Johnson had misused some of the $800,000 in federal AmeriCorps money provided to St. Hope, a non-profit school that Johnson headed for several years.
Walpin was looking into charges that AmeriCorps-paid volunteers ran personal errands for him, washed his car, and took part in political activities. In the course of investigating those allegations, the congressional report says, Walpin's investigators were told that Johnson had made inappropriate advances toward three young women involved in the St. Hope program -- and that Johnson offered at least one of those young women money to keep quiet.
Johnson's office did not respond to calls for comment Friday morning.
At the time, Rhee was on the board of St. Hope. A former St. Hope employee who reported one of the allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct by Johnson told Walpin's investigators that Rhee "learned of the allegations and played the role of a fixer, doing 'damage control,'" the congressional report says.
The employee told investigators that Rhee told her that "she was making this her number one priority, and she would take care of the situation." A short time later, the employee learned that the girl who had complained about Johnson had received a visit from Johnson's personal attorney...
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waiting for the perky one to get on this right away!
the Fringe Media is too busy fact checking a book.....and reporting on the skin color of folks waiting in line to get said book signed by the author....
So KJ goes from breaking down defenses with dribble penetration to breaking down society and youthful innocence by attempting perverse and criminal penetration. Typical leftist kid-touching scumbag.
I would be careful (wondering about people’s motives) in why Ms. Rhee is being placed into this story NOW.
I know that in her role as head of the Washington D.C. schools she has been in a lot of battles with the teacher’s unions there.
She has been a strong advocate of merit pay and recently has questioned the continuation of tenure as sufficient cause for a teacher keeping their job.
Very recently this issue has become a very public battle with local D.C. teachers unions.
And now today, she is in the news in a seemingly unfavorable light.
I have usually liked what Byron York writes.
Yet, I wonder why - for real - Rhee is NOW getting a place in this story about the Americorps IG.
He can't ignore what he learned.
Can anyone remember why this particular scumbag friend of our "transparent" POTUS was in the news a few months back--though as I recall the incident was swept aside by the MSM, since he's one of them.
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