Sadly, that opportunity was missed year’s ago.
A little background: Weinstein is an Air Force Academy grad, and so are two of his sons. The elder Weinstein went to law school after graduating from USAFA, served as a JAG officer and was an official in the Reagan White House before going into private practice. Mikey and his sons claim they were the victims of anti-Semitism at the academy, but they were happy to hang around for the free, tax-payer financed education.
As I recall, one of Weinstein’s sons was at the academy when the Commandant of Cadets was a born again Christian who did not hide his faith. The younger Weinstein claimed that evangelical Christians were running amok and trying to force other cadets to “convert” to their brand of Christianity. Mikey (the father) took the Air Force to court, and won.
That spurred him to start his so-called foundation, which operates like the Clinton Global Initiative; in other words, it’s a slush fund for Mikey. Air Force Times did an expose on the group last year and discovered Mikey pays himself over $200,000 a year (out of total donations of around $500K). The foundation does not follow recommended accounting practices for non-profits and their “board” consists of Mikey and two of his buddies.
In the past, the IRS would have been on Weinstein like a duck on a junebug, but since the foundation is the type of group that officials like Lois Lerner seem to support, he is free to harass any Christian in the military who openly professes his or her faith.
I would not be surprised to see the Air Force cave on this latest incident as well. At last report, the Chief of Staff, General Mark Welsh, was cowering beneath his desk at the prospect of another Weinstein lawsuit.
Somebody needs to body slam this Weinstein POS!