The best may be yet to come. This sting was done in the ideal way to more than meet the requirements of a citizen RICO lawsuit, which could break ACORN up.
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act needs two things before either criminal prosecution by the government (which won’t happen, of course), *or* a citizen lawsuit, which could very well happen.
The first thing is that the Corrupt Organization must break two or more specific laws in the RICO statute. Note that just evidence that they broke these laws, not convictions, is all that is necessary.
Among the list of laws is:
Fraud, money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, and bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain), and a bunch of other crimes.
By conspiring in an attempt to defraud the government, and conspiracy to violate laws against importing illegal aliens for profit, child prostitution, child slavery (Sex Trafficking of Children by Force, Fraud, or Coercion (18 U.S.C. § 1591), this statute and the ones that follow are the gifts that keep on giving.))
The second thing that must be demonstrated is a “pattern of racketeering activity”. By showing that three different subgroups of ACORN, in three different places, were engaged in the same pattern of conspiracy, this is established.
Importantly, government involvement is not necessary in a RICO lawsuit, but it could end up outlawing ACORN, forfeiture of its assets, etc.
AMAZING! In a brilliant sting that exposes the workings of the corrupt inner city Acorn cesspool, pulled of by a PREACHERS DAUGHTER dressed as PROSTITUTE and a 25 year old film maker.
The MSM is silent, nevertheless, Beck, Breitbart, the Bloggers, and Viral Videos overwhelm the biased reporting. Enough to get the US Senate to vote to withhold Acorn funding...Long way to go, but, THE HEAT IS ON!