GOP House Tries to Block DOJ from Funding Activist Groups Via Legal Settlements

From Breitbart's Big Government:

Several members of Congress are using the omnibus bill to stop the Department of Justice from delivering corporate donations to left-wing activist groups.

These members are pushing support for the Mortgage Settlement Amendment, which would force the DOJ to stop requiring corporations, such as Bank of America and Citigroup, from making donations to liberal non-profit organizations as part of settlement orders.

The process essentially directs government money to left-wing groups without any congressional authorization. For example, under Attorney General Eric Holder, the DOJ used legal settlements with Citigroup and Bank of America to make them offer $150 million in donations to various groups, according to the Wall Street Journal. “The BofA agreement contains a provision that potentially tees up nonprofit groups for another $490 million.”

After a yearlong investigation, the House Judiciary and Financial Services Committees uncovered that the DOJ requires settling defendants to donate to certain non-profit organizations approved by the DoJ. Some of those left-leaning organizations, according to the Wall Street Journal, include: “The National Council of La Raza. The National Urban League. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition. NeighborWorks America (which awards grants to left-leaning community organization groups, and has been compared with Acorn).”

Otherwise known as government authorized extortion.