A Delaware nonprofit organization received a $166,000 federal grant about the same time it appointed then-Vice President Joe Biden's daughter as executive director, according to government and tax records.
In September 2014, the Delaware Center for Justice was selected for a competitive two-year grant by the U.S. Department of Justice through the federal Edward Byrne Memorial grant program, which Biden helped steer significant funding to as vice president and senator.
Two months after the grant selection, the nonprofit organization announced that she had been promoted to executive director.
Joe Biden was one of the top advocates for the Edward Byrne grant while in the Senate and helped steer $1.7 billion to the program as vice president.
"The timing of the grant approval and his daughter's ascent to leadership in the organization that received it makes it necessary for the agencies involved to investigate whether Biden improperly used his influence to steer this grant to his daughter," said Tom Anderson, director of the National Legal and Policy Center's Government Integrity Project.
Ashley Biden's nonprofit organization "Was selected to locally coordinate this two year grant" in Delaware, she wrote in the group's 2015 annual report.
Attempts to contact Ashley Biden were not successful, and the Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ashley-biden-organization-received-166k-federal-grant-while-father-was-vice-president
In September 2014, the Delaware Center for Justice was selected for a competitive two-year grant by the U.S. Department of Justice through the federal Edward Byrne Memorial grant program, which Biden helped steer significant funding to as vice president and senator.
Two months after the grant selection, the nonprofit organization announced that she had been promoted to executive director.
Joe Biden was one of the top advocates for the Edward Byrne grant while in the Senate and helped steer $1.7 billion to the program as vice president.
"The timing of the grant approval and his daughter's ascent to leadership in the organization that received it makes it necessary for the agencies involved to investigate whether Biden improperly used his influence to steer this grant to his daughter," said Tom Anderson, director of the National Legal and Policy Center's Government Integrity Project.
Ashley Biden's nonprofit organization "Was selected to locally coordinate this two year grant" in Delaware, she wrote in the group's 2015 annual report.
Attempts to contact Ashley Biden were not successful, and the Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ashley-biden-organization-received-166k-federal-grant-while-father-was-vice-president
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