Veterans Affairs Executive Running 'Shameless' Charity to Retire With Full Benefits

A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs executive who ran a "shameless" veterans' charity will be allowed to retire with full government benefits.

Thomas Burch, a career lawyer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, will retire Nov. 30 with a full pension and lifetime health care, a congressional source told CNN.

Burch was in the process of being fired by the VA after an internal investigation and an investigation by the New York Attorney General's office found Burch personally benefiting from donations made to the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation. The Foundation, which Burch ran, raised more than $29 million in four years, but spent less than 2 percent of that money on actual veterans causes.