Mel Brooks had it only half right.  It’s good to be king, but it is also pretty damn good to be a federal bureaucrat, because you can get away with scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars and not be prosecuted.  In fact, you can get to keep the money you scammed. Loretta Lynch’s Justice Department is letting VA executives Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves to get off scot-free, despite this: An inspector general report found that Rubens and Graves obtained over $400,000 in relocation expenses, which they received after pushing subordinates out of positions, so that the two could then fill them, reduce their job responsibilities, collect bonus money and receive the same executive-level salaries. At a House Veterans’ Affairs hearing on the matter, both Rubens and Graves pled the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer any questions from Chairman GOP Rep. Jeff Miller. Nothing suspicious about pleading the Fifth, as the U.S. attorney for D.C. sees...(Read Full Post)