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Posted on 09/30/2009 6:16:39 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
Judicial Watch is going after ACORN with Freedom of information requests regarding two of the groups many scandals.
The first one may could re-open the case of alleged embezzlement in which Dale Rathke, the brother of ACORN's founder embezzled almost one million dollars and the crime was "swept under the carpet" by the group.
According to a July 9, 2008 article in the New York Times, Dale Rathke, the brother of ACORN’s founder, Wade Rathke, “embezzled nearly $1 million from Acorn [sic] and affiliated charitable organizations in 1999 and 2000.” The Times reported Dale Rathke embezzled $948,607.50, “carried as a loan on the books of Citizens Consulting Inc. [“CCI”], which provides bookkeeping, accounting and other financial management services to Acorn [sic] and many of its affiliated entities.” ACORN “chose to treat the embezzlement of nearly $1 million eight years ago as an internal matter and did not even notify its board.” According to an October 10, 2008 New York Times report, ACORN “had failed to disclose the theft for eight years.” Dale Rathke remained on ACORN’s payroll until June 2008, when news broke of his wrongdoing.
Judicial Watch is demanding documentation from the Department of Labor that could indicate to see if this "payback" violated federal retirement benefits law. The lawsuit seeks records pertaining to ACORN and eight related organizations, including the President's Town Hall enforcers, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and two of its local affiliates.
In the the Second suit Judicial Watch is seeks several documents, including two specific audit reports, related to AmeriCorps grants that went to ACORN Housing, an ACORN sister group. The fact that Judicial Watch has to sue to get the information indicates the White Houses reluctance the share information about its favorite organizing group:
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We hope that they have more success with Acorn than they did with the Clintoons.
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