Democrats have been critical of President Trump firing inspectors general but are conveniently ignoring Obama’s record of firing inspectors general.

According to Fox News:

Joe Biden recently admitted that he didn’t “recall” the Obama administration’s conspicuous 2009 firing of a prominent inspector general, even as he sought to slam President Trump for terminating the State Department’s internal watchdog amid a probe of whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered staffers do the dishes, walk the dog and obtain dry cleaning.

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However, the Obama administration terminated several inspectors general, and the circumstances drew ample criticism at the time.

Gerald Walpin was appointed by President George W. Bush as the IG for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency overseeing AmeriCorps and other initiatives. The Wall Street Journal reported that in April 2008, Walpin was tasked with investigating “reports of irregularities at St. HOPE, a California nonprofit run by former NBA star and Obama supporter Kevin Johnson.”

Specifically, St. HOPE obtained an $850,000 AmeriCorps grant intended to help tutor local students, redevelop some buildings, and enhance “theater and art programs.” Walpin’s team, however, discovered that the money “had been used instead to pad staff salaries, meddle politically in a school-board election, and have AmeriCorps members perform personal services for Mr. Johnson, including washing his car,” the Journal reported.

An Obama-appointed US Attorney took the lead after the firing and promptly settled with Johnson and Johnson was absolved of liability. The US Attorney said he was pressured by the Obama-admin to “move on.”