Biden’s Daughter Ashley’s organization received $166K federal grant while father was vice president – IOTW Report

Biden’s Daughter Ashley’s organization received $166K federal grant while father was vice president

WA Examiner:

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.

His daughter, Ashley Biden, 38, had been associate director of the Delaware Center for Justice for about a year at the time. 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 grant, which was named in honor of a fallen New York City Police Department officer, typically supports efforts to strengthen local law enforcement. The program has also faced criticism from justice reform organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, which claimed it perpetuated “racial disparities, police corruption, over-incarceration and civil rights abuses.” read more

9 Comments on Biden’s Daughter Ashley’s organization received $166K federal grant while father was vice president

  1. $1,700,000,000.00 federal grant?! To a non-profit no one ever heard of?! Doing “work” no one actually benefits from and is itself covered in controversy?! How is the U.S. Congress any different than the European parliament? In this way it is not!

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