VA officials take the 5th on relocation program fraud scandal

From Hotair:

With just a few more headlines the Veterans Administration may just overtake the IRS and the EPA as holder of the title of the Gang Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight. (Or keep their stories straight for that matter.) You may recall a few months back that some officials in the VA were caught with their hands in the cookie jar, taking advantage of generous relocation programs available to senior administrators to line their own pockets. It involved forcing some junior people out of desirable positions and filling those newly vacant slots with… themselves. In the process, though the offices had fewer duties and less responsibilities, they managed to land themselves a raise (at a time when raises were verboten) and big compensation packages for the move to boot.

The acting undersecretary for benefits at the agency, Danny Pummill, was on the Hill answering questions on the subject and his explanations weren’t terribly satisfactory to say the least. (Washington Post)

The Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended a relocation program used by two senior executives to obtain more than $400,000 in questionable moving expenses and moved to discipline the officials, a senior agency leader said Monday.

Well, these officials know that Lois Lerner go off scott free by keeping her mouth shut. So they are just following her lead.