{"id":18126,"date":"2024-09-19T17:04:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T17:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=18126"},"modified":"2024-09-19T17:04:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T17:04:55","slug":"18126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=18126","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Division and awarded massive settlements to groups aligned with the Democrats, even when the Department of Justice appeared to be winning the cases, The New York Post reported<\/a><\/p>\n

Until 1977, Congress had to approve any settlement of a civil suit against the Federal government over $100,000,\u201d The Post reported.<\/p>\n

But facing numerous cases the cap was removed and the DOJ was, in essence, given a blank check to pay anyone it wanted as much as it wanted from the a fund it created called \u201cThe Judgment Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pool of money is shrouded in secrecy and the data that is does share does not include recipients, the facts of the cases and frequently even the attorneys involved in the cases.<\/p>\n

West took over the department in 2009, when then-President Obama was in the White House, and that is when it got interesting, The Post reported, adding:<\/p>\n

Once West arrived, his deputy emailed colleagues asking \u201ccan you explain to Tony the best way to allocate some money toward an organization of our choosing?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Settlements became the vehicle for paying off political allies.<\/em><\/p>\n

For example, in late 2010, after a Supreme Court victory, DOJ lawyers were on the cusp of winning a decade-long fight against discrimination claims by 91 Hispanic and female farmers.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s when West intervened and, as\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0put it, \u201cengineered a stunning turnabout<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

DOJ agreed to a $1.33 billion settlement which included thousands of farmers who had never claimed bias.<\/em><\/p>\n

The deal was made over the \u201cvehement objections\u201d of the department\u2019s career lawyers.<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Times\u2019s\u00a0investigative\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0described West\u2019s settlement as a \u201crunaway train, driven by racial politics . . . and law firms that stand to gain more than $130 million in fees.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The projected settlement size ballooned to over $4.4 billion as additional plaintiffs were added, including Native American farmers.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf they had gone to trial, the government would have prevailed . . . It was just a joke. . . . I was so disgusted. It was simply buying the support of the Native Americans,\u201d a government statistical expert said.<\/p>\n

The deal created a treasure trove for the lead attorney of the plaintiffs, who just happened to be a member of the transition team for Obama and Biden.<\/p>\n

West also engaged in shakedowns of corporations during his time in charge of the fund, The Post reported.<\/p>\n

In a series of bank settlements, West\u2019s team imposed increasingly stringent provisions requiring the institutions to make nearly a billion dollars in mandatory donations to activist groups supporting Democrats. These donations received double credit toward meeting required targets, making them more attractive than direct relief to victims of the housing crisis.<\/p>\n

West\u2019s team specifically designed these terms to benefit only their political allies, excluding conservative groups. Internal emails reveal that West\u2019s deputies revised a settlement\u2019s donation provisions to prevent the banks from selecting a \u201cconservative\u201d property rights organization as a recipient, the reports said.<\/p>\n

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In 2016 a settlement involving Volkswagen required the company to pay $2 billion to fund a White House electric car initiative that was rejected by Congress.<\/p>\n

The recipients were so pleased they circulated an email saying that a statue of West should be built and that they should \u201cbow down to this statue each day after we receive our $200,000+.\u201d<\/p>\n

And as attorney general of California, Vice President Harris was knee-deep in the scandal as she signed settlements on behalf of her state.<\/p>\n

And unlike many grifts in the federal government, this one is not bipartisan.<\/p>\n

When he came into the White House, one of the first acts of former President Donald Trump\u2019s attorney general was to ban settlement slush funds.<\/p>\n

By contrast when the Biden and Harris administration came into the White House one of its first acts was to end that ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Division and awarded massive settlements to groups aligned with the Democrats, even when the Department of Justice appeared to be winning the cases, The New York Post reported Until 1977, Congress had to approve any settlement of a civil suit against the Federal government over $100,000,\u201d The Post reported. But facing numerous cases the cap…<\/p>\n

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