WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) detailing federal investigations into the alleged corrupt activities of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The documents reference serious allegations of corruption and voter registration fraud by ACORN as well as the Obama administration's decision to shut down a criminal investigation without filing criminal charges.
The documents include background information on two specific complaints filed in October 2008 by Lucy Corelli and Joseph Borges, Republican Registrars of Voters in Stamford and Bridgeport, Connecticut, respectively, during the 2008 election season.
According to Corelli, on August 1, 2008, her office received 1,200 ACORN voter registration cards from the Secretary of State's office. Over 300 of these cards were rejected because of "duplicates, underage, illegible and invalid addresses," which "put a tremendous strain on our office staff and caused endless work hours at taxpayers' expense." Corelli claimed the total cost of the extra work caused by ACORN corruption was $20,000. Likewise, Borges contended that: "The organization ACORN during the summer of 2008 conducted a registration drive which has produced over 100 rejections due to incomplete forms and individuals who are not citizens..." Among the examples cited by Borges was a seven-year old child who was registered to vote by ACORN through the use of a forged signature and a fake birth certificate claiming she was 27-years old.
The FBI and Department of Justice opened an investigation. However, the Obama Justice Department, while noting that ACORN had engaged in "questionable hiring and training practices," closed down the investigation in March 2009, claiming ACORN broke no laws.
Why am I not surprised?
Obama Justice Department Shut Down Federal ACORN Investigation According to Documents Obtained by Judicial Watch
Those Black Panthers were vindicated too. :roll:
Judicial Watch has unearthed some explosive new ACORN documents that, according to a press release, show the Obama Justice Department quashed an FBI investigation of ACORN. It started when the Republican Registrars of Voters of Stamford and Bridgeport, Connecticut -- Lucy Corelli and Joseph Borges -- filed a complaint with the FBI during the 2008 election season:
According to Corelli, on August 1, 2008, her office received 1,200 ACORN voter registration cards from the Secretary of State’s office. Over 300 of these cards were rejected because of “duplicates, underage, illegible and invalid addresses,” which “put a tremendous strain on our office staff and caused endless work hours at taxpayers’ expense.” Corelli claimed the total cost of the extra work caused by ACORN corruption was $20,000. Likewise, Borges contended that: “The organization ACORN during the summer of 2008 conducted a registration drive which has produced over 100 rejections due to incomplete forms and individuals who are not citizens…” Among the examples cited by Borges was a seven-year old child who was registered to vote by ACORN through the use of a forged signature and a fake birth certificate claiming she was 27-years old.
The FBI and Department of Justice opened an investigation into the the charges. But according to documents Judical Watch obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Obama Justice Department "while noting that ACORN had engaged in 'questionable hiring and training practices,' closed down the investigation in March 2009, claiming ACORN broke no laws." Of course, as Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made a point of telling me on the phone, it is illegal to knowingly submit false voter registrations so the Justice Department's claim that ACORN didn't violate any laws is highly dubious.
New Documents Uncovered from ACORN Investigation [Daniel Foster]
The website Judicial Watch has obtained hundreds of pages of documents from the 2007 voter fraud investigation centered on the semi-defunct ACORN. The cache includes pages of handwritten notes from interviews between ACORN employees and FBI agents.
Among the highlights?
— [ACORN] “Told employees not to talk to the FBI. ‘FBI trying to intimidate you.’”
Fraudulent cards:
— To cause confusion on election day to keep polls open longer
— To allow people who can’t vote to vote.
— To allow to vote multiple times.
— Project Vote will pay them whether cards fake or not – whatever they had to do to get the cards was attitude.
— Constantly threatened
— Staff restricted on what to say to FBI
— “Poverty pimpin” (sic) ACORN
— ACORN HQ is wkg for the Democratic Party.
— PV [Project Vote] pays ACORN $6.00 per card…Said “You treat the cards like (cash) $”
— Some [names] went right from the phone book and made up the rest.
— Canvassers: homeless, volatile, drug users, drunks…
— Anyone who was against PV (Project Vote) or ACORN’s goals “right wing”
— She thought if she used a completely fake name it would be less like ID Theft…”Yeah, it’s against the law, I know.”
Read more at the Washington Examiner: Obama Justice Dept. shut down FBI's ACORN investigation | Washington Examiner
Well, that's an opinion piece. For all I know, based on the article you shared. Any other confirming source? ONe way to double check something is to see if it is found in multiple sources. I even think we should do that with the first article in this thread. So far, I've not seen nor found any confirming article from your link. I find that odd if it is true.
That's the same article. Other than Judical watch, is there another source? The Washington examiner was an opinion, likely a response to the Judical watch article. The NRO article also refers only to Judical watch, and as NRO is often inaccurate, they would have no problem using another inaccurate article. Anyone do it on their own?
These documents were obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) via a Freedom of Information Act Request. They detail federal investigations into the alleged corrupt activities of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The documents reference serious allegations of corruption and voter registration fraud by ACORN as well as the Obama administration’s decision to shut down a criminal investigation without filing criminal charges.
Now I know you didn't read the article...
FBI ACORN Documents | Judicial Watch
Count me not suprised.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: Obama Justice Dept. shut down FBI's ACORN investigation | Washington Examiner
I don't know about the money stuff, but that "child prostitution brothel" video deal was a total fabrication. The tapes were cleverly edited to show something that wasn't happening. Listening to the full audio paints exactly the opposite picture.
Because you can't truly liberate a third world child without molesting them first.
See...thats why I LOVE the left...voter fraud...intimidation...its ALL GOOD as long as its for their side...
the Obama Justice Department quashed an FBI investigation of ACORN
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