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Congress: IG Firing Was "Legitimate" And Lawful

Zachary Roth | July 21, 2009, 3:11PM

A congressional committee looking into the White House's firing of the AmeriCorps inspector general has said that the firing was carried out for "legitimate reasons" and did not violate the Inspector General Act.

Late last week, Gerald Walpin filed a lawsuit against three officials from the Corporation for National and Community Service, accusing them of unlawfully firing him as inspector general for the agency last month.

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