Documents obtained by The Daily Caller show that several government
agencies praised The Gallup Organization for the contract work it did
for the federal government — including praise for their cost,
effectiveness and service — running counter to charges by Attorney
General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice’s that the polling firm
defrauded the federal government.
In August, the DOJ signed on to a lawsuit based on 2009 allegations by former Gallup staffer Michael Lindley — who is also a 2008 Obama campaign organizer – after senior Gallup officials didn’t comply with a stern invitation from Obama re-election campaign senior adviser David Axelrod to a White House meeting.
Some perceived Axelrod’s invitation as an attempt to intimidate the firm following its polls showing Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney leading Obama.
The publicly available lawsuit shows that the DOJ is currently basing its allegations entirely on Lindley’s claims. It has also not yet been served on Gallup, preventing the pollster from being able to officially respond to the allegations.
A contract Gallup worked on with the U.S. Mint is one on which the DOJ is backing Lindley’s allegation. In the lawsuit, Lindley — and now the DOJ — allege that Gallup was overcharging the government on a $2 million annual contract “to conduct market research to identify likely purchasers of newly issued coins and how best to reach them.”
In August, the DOJ signed on to a lawsuit based on 2009 allegations by former Gallup staffer Michael Lindley — who is also a 2008 Obama campaign organizer – after senior Gallup officials didn’t comply with a stern invitation from Obama re-election campaign senior adviser David Axelrod to a White House meeting.
Some perceived Axelrod’s invitation as an attempt to intimidate the firm following its polls showing Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney leading Obama.
The publicly available lawsuit shows that the DOJ is currently basing its allegations entirely on Lindley’s claims. It has also not yet been served on Gallup, preventing the pollster from being able to officially respond to the allegations.
A contract Gallup worked on with the U.S. Mint is one on which the DOJ is backing Lindley’s allegation. In the lawsuit, Lindley — and now the DOJ — allege that Gallup was overcharging the government on a $2 million annual contract “to conduct market research to identify likely purchasers of newly issued coins and how best to reach them.”
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