{"id":97596,"date":"2016-05-29T09:58:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T17:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=97596"},"modified":"2016-05-29T09:58:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T17:58:34","slug":"feds-divert-millions-to-slush-fund-that-fuels-these-liberal-activist-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=97596","title":{"rendered":"Feds Divert MILLIONS To \u2018Slush Fund\u2019 That Fuels These Liberal Activist Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily Caller<\/a>: Department of Justice officials diverted millions of dollars slated for victims of the 2008 housing meltdown to politically favored third parties, including \u201cleft-wing radical groups,\u201d according to the chairman of a House of Representatives oversight subcommittee.<\/p>\n

Rep. Sean Duffy, a Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the House Financial Services oversight and investigations subcommittee, said Friday the officials \u201cskimmed\u201d off three percent from mortgage-related bank settlements. This created what he called a $500 million \u201cslush fund\u201d that could be steered toward favored groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first objective of a settlement is to make sure that we have victims who are made whole,\u201d Duffy said, referring to millions of Americans who lost their homes during the meltdown that led to the Great Recession of 2009. \u201cIf you\u2019re diverting money away from victims and sending it to third-party activist groups, you have victims who are being harmed not just once, but a second time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice officials were long able to \u201cskim 3 percent of any settlement money into their own account to for the most part spend it the way they see fit,\u201d Duffy told participants in the media briefing hosted by the Cause of Action Institute, a nonprofit legal watchdog group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily Caller: Department of Justice officials diverted millions of dollars slated for victims of the 2008 housing meltdown to politically favored third parties, including \u201cleft-wing radical groups,\u201d according to the chairman of a House of Representatives oversight subcommittee. Rep. Sean … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t