{"id":68965,"date":"2016-11-16T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68965"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:53:23","slug":"j-thomas-burch-to-retire-from-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68965","title":{"rendered":"J Thomas Burch to retire from VA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in the Spring, we wrote about J Thomas Burch<\/a> and his phony Special Forces career after CNN exposed his charity, the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation as the worst performing veterans’ charity. It took in $29 million in donations paying out only a few thousand to actual veterans’ causes, spending most of it on professional fund raising.<\/p>\n

Well, CNN<\/a> reports that the VAOIG started looking into Burch (he’s also a lawyer with the VA);<\/p>\n

[New York Attorney General Eric] Schneiderman has accused Burch of using donated funds to spend lavishly on travel, a yearly salary and other personal benefits, including a severance package the charity awarded him when he stepped down after being exposed by CNN.<\/p>\n

Burch’s spending also included payments to women, as well as hotel and nightclubs.<\/p>\n

The VA was unaware of Burch’s involvement with the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation until a CNN investigation exposed the VA employee in May. The Department of Veteran Affairs Inspector General launched its own investigation, and last week the Department of Veterans Affairs announced it “immediately initiated the process for Mr. Burch’s removal from federal service.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, they’re removing him by forcing him to retire, so he’ll still get thousands of dollars in pension money, big punishment. Big Whoop!<\/p>\n

Thanks to David for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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