Bush-era official Scott Bloch, the former head of the Office of Special Counsel who will be sentenced on Thursday for misdemeanor contempt of Congress, told TPM in an interview that he felt vindicated by the report on the Bush administration’s use of taxpayer funds for political purposes.The report, issued by OSC began under Bloch’s leadership in 2008 but not released until last week, found that the White House’s Office of Political Affairs violated the law by giving political briefings to federal employees in the workplace and dispatching officials to help Republican candidates in the 2006 election on the federal dime.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=115250