The VA is a national disgrace. This slimeball was scheduled to be fired yet the VA allowed him to retire with full benefits after it was learned that he had enriched himself with a phony charity.
Via Daily Caller:
The reason the charity has attracted so much negative attention is because only 2 percent of donations actually went to veterans. Most of the funds went to fundraising efforts, or were otherwise misspent.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) executive Thomas Burch, who ran a sketchy charity that provided him with lavish trips, will nevertheless retire with full benefits.
Burch, a lawyer for the VA, is set to retire on Nov. 30 with full benefits, despite investigations by the VA and New York Attorney General’s office finding that he used his veterans’ charity for personal gain, CNN reports.
CNN first exposed Burch’s involvement with the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation in May. Prior to that point, the VA claimed no knowledge of Burch’s activities.
As part of his work with the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation, Burch raised more than $29 million in four years.