(The Center Square) - A whistleblower who exposed alleged self-dealing within taxpayer-funded grant programs says Attorney General Nick Brown's staff still hasn't interviewed her, months after assigning an investigator.
The allegations center around non-profits funded by the Washington State Community Reinvestment Program (CRP) and other race-based programs funded by taxpayers at the federal and state level.
As previously reported by The Center Square, Corey Orvold, a real estate managing broker, has raised serious allegations against CRP arrangements and lack of oversight.
The program itself aims to support homeownership for minorities by providing grants and taxpayer funding to programs that assist low-income households or providing large grants for developers in the minority community.
The Community Reinvestment Program was created by majority-party Democrats in 2022 and initially given $200 million in taxpayer funds to lift up communities “disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs” and housing discrimination of the past.
Orvold volunteered with the Tacoma Urban League (TUL) for more than eight years, until she grew suspicious of some TUL members allegedly providing CRP funds to family members. The Seattle Urban League has faced the same allegations.
TUL is under investigation by the AG Brown's office. TUL’s CEO has been placed on leave.
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