Former Obama lawyer admits deceiving Congress

Published December 9, 2011 5:00am ET



Remember the Gerald Walpin affair?  Republican Sen. Charles Grassley does.

Walpin was the inspector general of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the organization that runs the AmeriCorps service program.  In June 2009, Walpin received a call from Norman Eisen, who was then the Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform.  Eisen told Walpin he had an hour to either resign or be fired.

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