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A whistle-blower whose allegations have caused Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice to sue polling company The Gallup Organization was an Iowa field organizer in Council Bluffs for President Barack Obama during his 2008 run for president.
The DOJ is alleging — based on allegations by now former Gallup employee Michael Lindley — that the polling company violated the False Claims Act by boosting the number of hours it charges the federal government for its services.
Based on Lindley’s accusation, one of Holder’s top deputies, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s Civil Division Stuart Delery, said, “Contractors must understand that it is unlawful to use inflated estimates to obtain higher contract prices. The decision to join this civil lawsuit underscores the commitment of the Department of Justice to recover federal funds that are unlawfully claimed.”
It’s unclear at this point how solid the evidence against Gallup is that Lindley is alleging he has – the DOJ is characterizing him as a “whistleblower” and the DOJ doesn’t say it has any evidence other than Lindley’s allegations — but the timing of this lawsuit may prompt more accusations of political activity from Holder’s DOJ. Gallup currently has Obama’s GOP challenger Mitt Romney with a slight edge in its daily tracking figures at, leading the incumbent president 47-45.
Another misleading right-wing thread title. This lawsuit has nothing to do with their latest poll. Why is the right always have to post misleading thread titles?
Another misleading right-wing thread title. This lawsuit has nothing to do with their latest poll. Why is the right always have to post misleading thread titles?
What do you think - they are going to say 'We are joining this lawsuit because their poll does not make us look good' ?
That lawsuit has been out there for almost 3 years - and they latch on this week.
Another misleading right-wing thread title. This lawsuit has nothing to do with their latest poll. Why is the right always have to post misleading thread titles?
The extremists cannot prevail in their failed logic presented as facts so they lie. They're congenital liars.
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Another misleading right-wing thread title. This lawsuit has nothing to do with their latest poll. Why is the right always have to post misleading thread titles?
Because the misleading titles match the misleading content?
Another misleading right-wing thread title. This lawsuit has nothing to do with their latest poll. Why is the right always have to post misleading thread titles?
Because they (right wing extremists) are liars, and lies are the only things they can run on since no sane person would vote for them based on facts.
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