Thread: Obama Donors Get Top DOJ Jobs

Obama Donors Get Top DOJ Jobs

Last Updated: Wed, 06/15/2011 - 11:58am

In a scandal ignored by the mainstream media, President Obama quietly stacked the Department of Justice with campaign donors, issuing key posts to supporters who raised big bucks for his 2008 presidential campaign and are expected to collect more cash for his reelection.

Additionally, the commander-in-chief rewarded dozens of big donors and fundraisers with lucrative federal contracts, stimulus cash and premium government jobs and ambassadorships. The chilling details were revealed this week in the expose of a journalism nonprofit that sorted through mountains of government records and campaign finance databases related to Obama’s “mega donors,â€

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Obama keeps his campaign mega-donors close — in White House jobs

Despite running his presidential campaign on banning former lobbyists — and their special interests influence — from the marble halls of his administration, President Barack Obama has hired about 80 percent of his mega-donors (those who bundled $500,000 or more for him during the campaign) to "key administration posts."

The Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News combed through campaign finance records and pulled several other surprising statistics about just who is landing in the White House.

For example, Donald Gips, a telecom executive who bundled more than $500,000 for the future president, was put in charge of hiring at the White House, and then made ambassador to South Africa in mid-2009. Meanwhile, the telecom company Gips left but still held stock in received millions of dollars in stimulus-funded government contracts for broadband projects in six states.

Indeed, 24 of Obama's ambassador nominees were bundlers, and half of them raised more than $500,000.

While these hiring statistics could be surprising to constituents, for politically-focused academics and insiders, hiring people with big wallets — and the influence attached to them — is commonplace.

“Any president who says he’s going to change this is either hopelessly naïve or polishing the reality to promise something other than can be delivered,â€