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A New ACORN Scandal….This Time They Try To Destroy The Evidence & Screw That Up
Flopping Aces ^ | 11-23-09 | Curt

Posted on 11/23/2009 5:26:29 PM PST by Starman417

Just more evidence that your common criminal is just plain retarded:

On October 1st, 2009 California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that an investigation had been opened into ACORN’s activities in California, resulting from undercover videos showing employees seemingly offering to assist the undercover film makers with human smuggling, child prostitution and even tax advice to boot.

Although ACORN has denied any wrongdoing, some of the employees involved were terminated, and ACORN has publicly stated that they would fully cooperate with any investigations that followed.

Interestingly, the local head ACORN organizer in California, David Lagstein was caught on tape earlier this month speaking to an East County Democratic Club.

Mr. Lagstein stated: “…the attorney general is a political animal, but certainly every bit of the communication we have had with them has suggested that the fault will be found with the people that did the video and not the people with ACORN.”

Continuing, Mr. Lagstein stated: “…we are fully cooperating, some of the investigators visited our office this morning and I think they really understand what’s going on.”

Shockingly, we now learn that the ACORN office in National City (San Diego County) engaged in a massive document dump on the evening of October 9th, containing thousands upon thousands of sensitive documents, just days prior to the Attorney General’s visit.

(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 200910; 20091009; acorn; acornnetwork; breitbart; brietbart; coverup; davidlagstein; destruction; docdump; documentdump; evidence; lagstein; nationalcity; sandiego

1 posted on 11/23/2009 5:26:32 PM PST by Starman417
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To: Starman417

Its bad enough that they are corrupt. But corrupt AND stupid?! For organizers, they aren’t terribly organized about their corruption. A public dumpster? Unshredded? They should be glad they don’t work for the mob. A boneheaded move like this tends to bring on accute lead poisoning or severe cement foot with the goombas.


2 posted on 11/23/2009 5:40:23 PM PST by Reaganesque ("And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not against revilers.")
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To: Reaganesque

BTTT for more exposure.


3 posted on 11/23/2009 5:57:27 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (FR33 73h lOn9 fOrM 81R7H c3r71F1ca73!!)
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To: Starman417

Typical gangland thug thinking. They’ve gotten away with so much for so long, they think they can get away with anything. And why not, with the Obamao organization protecting their interest.


4 posted on 11/23/2009 6:36:59 PM PST by pallis
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To: Starman417; PhiKapMom; justiceseeker93; freekitty; GOP_Lady; TXRed; SouthTexas; Free ThinkerNY; ...

PING - more evidence.


5 posted on 11/23/2009 6:39:39 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead (clean the sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: Starman417

Interesting


6 posted on 11/23/2009 6:44:13 PM PST by cushman (Allegedly Obama is homosexual)
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To: ExTexasRedhead; SunkenCiv; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; Just A Nobody; smoothsailing; ...

Massive document dump? Seems as if the Obamatons forgot to provide funding for a shredder for ACORN in their huge stimulus package!


7 posted on 11/23/2009 7:06:55 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93; Starman417

And Brietbart has the dumped docs! ROFLOL! Oh this is sweet!


8 posted on 11/23/2009 7:21:46 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: All
January 7, 2009
EXCERPT----JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COMPLAINT (24pp)
IN RE: ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW

The undersigned State Board delegates and National Board members of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (“ACORN”) file this criminal complaint against ACORN Staff and Executive Board members for fraud, embezzlement, conspiracy and concealment, and criminal civil rights violations. Additionally, since there has already been thepublic admission that a felony was committed, it is also possible that other federal offenses have also been committed including but not limited to;

Title 18 U.S.C. §1341, Mail Fraud,

18 U.S.C.§1001, Presenting a False Document to an Agent of the United States Government;

18 U.S.C.§1027 False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and other possible offenses including civiland/or criminal RICO violations.

18 U.S.C. §§1961-68 (RICO Act)

18 U.S.C. §1001 (False Statements to Agents of the U.S. Government),

18 U.S.C. §1341 (Mail Fraud),

18 U.S.C. §1027 (ERISA Violations),

18 U.S.C. §241 (Conspiracy Against Civil Rights).

Finally, the complainants contend that full investigations of a RICO conspiracy under 18U.S.C. §1962(c) are warranted because they assert that (1) the defendant persons (2) were employed by or associated with an enterprise (3) that engaged in or affected interstate commerce and that (4) the defendant persons operated or managed the enterprise (5) through a pattern (6) of racketeering activity, and (7) the complaints were injured in its business or property by reason of the pattern of racketeering activity.

Thus, the complainants feel that a formal RICO investigationis also warranted. 1. The Alleged Offense:The Complainants hereby allege a violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §241 – Conspiracy Against Constitutional Rights – which prohibits in relevant part, “two or more persons (fromconspiring) to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same . . .” See, 18 U.S.C. §241.

BACKGROUND ACORN, or the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is acommunity-based advocacy organization founded in 1970. ACORN became part of the story of the 2008 presidential election as news reports and allegations surfaced against ACORN in a number of states. These complaints refer primarily to alleged irregularities with voter registrationdrives conducted by the organization. (National Review Online: Inside Obama's ACORN, May 29, 2008.) But also included significant embezzlement and concealment by Senior Staff and Executive Committee members.

ACORN registered as a non-profit corporation with the Secretary of State in Louisiana in 1977. Its Charter Organization ID is 04700320X. According to its corporate filings, ACORN's principle place of business is New Orleans, Louisiana, and approximately 294 related entitiesand related non-profits are also located at this place of business. ACORN is not registered as a tax-exempt organization.

ACORN's top three officers are President Maude Hurd of Dorchester, MA, Vice President Maria Polanco of Brooklyn, NY, and Secretary Maxine A. Nelson of Pine Bluff, AR. (Bertha Lewis recently became ACORN CEO) Maxine A. Nelson is also the director of Project Vote.

Citizen’s Consulting, Inc. (CCI) provides bookkeeping, human resource and financial management services exclusively for ACORN and related entities. All of CCI’s “clients” reside at ACORN office locations, utilize common management and staff. CCI is the financial “nerve center” for ACORN and it affiliated organizations which houses the corporate books and records for all ACORN entities.

ACORN Structure ACORN was founded by Wade Rathke, an activist on issues of labor unions and lowincome workers, and Gary Delgado, an activist on issues of race and social justice. It has national headquarters in New York, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. The organization describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan social justice organization. In 2003,

ACORN opened operations in 20 new cities, including 5 state capitals. The group claims about 350,000 members across the country. (Wall Street Journal: Obama and ACORN, October 14, 2008).

Since 1970, ACORN has grown to more than 400,000 member families, organized in 1,200 neighborhood chapters in 110 citiesacross the U.S. and in cities in Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Argentina and India.

ACORN Funding--Government grants: According to an October 8, 2008 article in the New York Post, 40% of ACORN'soperations are funded through grants it receives from various governmental entities. (New York Post: The Pro-Barack Vote-Fraud Drive, Michelle Malkin, Oct. 8, 2008)

Grants have been issued to ACORN by the Dept of Housing and Urban Development, which gave $8.2 million to ACORN in the years between 2003 and 2006, as well as $1.6 million to ACORN affiliates. The Environmental Protection Agency gave a $100,000 grant to ACORN in 2004 for a Louisiana Justice Project, which removed lead from the homes of low income families. The Justice Department also gave a grant to ACORN in 2005 for a juvenile delinquency program. (NPR: ACORN's Money Tree Has Many Branches, October 15, 2008). --

SNIP--24 pp

SOURCE http://www.acorn-8.net/PDFs/USAttComp.pdf

9 posted on 11/23/2009 7:33:39 PM PST by Liz (Obama's the best thing that happened to the Republican Party in a long time.)
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To: justiceseeker93; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Okay, this time for sure, Good Night all! Thanks justiceseeker93.


10 posted on 11/23/2009 8:07:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: justiceseeker93

Thanks for the ping!


11 posted on 11/23/2009 8:49:23 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Starman417

bump


12 posted on 09/10/2015 10:14:30 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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