BREAKING: ACORN’s New Orleans Office Raided by Louisiana Attorney General
by Capitol Confidential
Photo from Big Government Contributor Kevin Kane
In a fast-breaking development comes word that agents of the Attorney’s General office in Louisiana have raided ACORN’s offices in New Orleans. ACORN’s New Orleans was, for decades, the headquarters of the national community organizing association. News of the raid comes from Marcel Reid and her colleagues at ACORN 8, an association of former ACORN leaders and board members. Many of the individuals involved with ACORN 8 were fired from ACORN for demanding a forensic audit following an embezzlement scandal involving Dale Rathke, brother of ACORN co-founder Wade Rathke.
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Update: Big Government has contacted the Louisiana Attorney’s General office. We are told that all of the press officers are “out to lunch” right now. We have been promised a return call later this afternoon.
According to NOLA.com:
Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has served a search warrant at the ACORNoffice at 2609 Canal Street, according to Tammi Arender Herring, a spokeswoman with the office.
Investigators in khaki pants and polo shirts loaded several dozen computers and other electronic items into an SUV. They are also carrying records out of the building on handcarts.
The large office building sits at the corner of Dorgenois and Canal. ACORN staffers were given no notice that a search would be conducted today, Herring said.
Whole story here.
From WDAM in New Orleans:
Caldwell said investigators will copy records and hard drives, then return them to ACORN.
He said the original allegations of embezzlement were made last year by ACORN board members who were fired after they asked for a forensic examination of the group’s books.
ACORN fired the longtime director of its Louisiana chapter last month, citing a lack of accountability.
Whole story here.
Big Government readers may remember that the ‘longtime director’ ACORNS’s LA chapter is Beth Butler, longtime companion/wife of ACORN co-founder Wade Rathke.
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408 Comments
Bout time…
GO GET EM!
Bout time…
First!
It's about time! How about doing a CROSS country sweep of these criminals?
CRAP! More nuts to go through (ok, that was bad)
Really shouldnt all of Acorns office have been raided by now? If they find anything they get the double stupid award, shredding should have started weeks ago.
Gee.. didnt see this coming…
FINALLY. Let's just hope that they are trying to prosecute a crime and not drop the case like the black panther guy that we all saw with the billy club at the polling place last year… Anyway, I hope they nail that corrupt organization and all of the corrupt Democrats who benefit from it. Judgement day is coming and the swamp will be drained but not how Pelosi planned on it..
this is Great News
As I've been saying, Obama is "cOrrupt" — and these stickers prove it!
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The AG's office had better be careful. The Obama administration does not like people messing with his darlings. They could get into big trouble for this raid.
We need to do this in every state. Keep us updated. We will be watching. Good Job.
'Bout time
So we are a country of laws.
Good for the LA AG. Eric Holder is worthless and has proven to be just a partisan hack for Obama.
Good. And after that they can raid the White House.
Get the gear that Libs fear!
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It was just a matter of time before this happened. Will be good to watch this organization go down. Let's hope that any ill deeds are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Poor Soro's he is probably even now praying to himself to intervene, is anyone that is involved with Acorn A) Sane, B) Not Evil
I mean I am just asking, of course B-Daddy isnt pimping for them anymore so under the bus they go ho ho!
Watch the MSLSD/NBC/CBS try to cover this up and provide cover for Obozo.
Great! When will we know how many votes ACORN stole in the MN senate race? Let's see….it was a 300 vote difference and ACORN provided some 4.000 signatures. HMMMMMM Where is the state controlled media?
Oh yea, they are licking BHO's rear. Mmmmmmmm, Mmmmmmmm, Mmmmmmmm
I wonder if this will impact our Community Organizer-In-Chief!
Good. I hope they find something that they can use to bring this parasitic organisation to justice. I am not holding my breathe however, I am sure any and all evidence has long been destroyed.
SWEEEEEEEEEET!
shocking!
EXACTLY WHY DID WE NEED ACORN AGAIN???????
Time to root these thugs out, and shut this organization down. Next step, the destruction of SEIU.
Remember to wear protection and wash your hands!!!
Please let there be a paper trail back to Obama.
You think Obama will be watching news reports about this event, or another documentary about himself?
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Let's hope the authorities got there before the shredders and the disk reformat routines destroyed the evidence.
The attorney general must be a republican!!
Book 'em, Danno!
Raiding the offices of ACORN is a great idea, but should have been done long before now. Those offices were probably "scrubbed" months ago.
Of course. And we trusted these people to organize to organize the outreach for the democratic vote in the 2008 election? The worst part is that the media still denys this, congress is still pushing forward with a health care bill nobody wants and the president continues to blame president Bush for everything. Where are the level headed educated minds hiding that can expose this crap?
Time to post the "cOrrupt" sticker all over Bourbon Street!
http://www.AntiObamaSticker.com
Sic' em boys!!!
finally!!
ACORN is going down and yet with the Democrats behind them it is taking a very long time. ACORN has gone quiet for a few weeks so hopefully this will remind everyone. Sadly they are still being funded by the government there needs to be a way to shut them down. Breitbart.com, Glenn Beck, http://www.AmericanParchment.com, and the GOP have been on their tails and hopefully something can shut them down.
News came from American Parchment that there is a few new groups that have come from ACORN in Louisiana and a few other states so hopefully we can find a way to shut them down.
I just hope that they haven't removed all of the incriminating documentation.
Ohhh snap!! Finally.
It was ACORN that's in the pocket of an administration that ruins everything they touch i.e.
Housing sector + TARP = Fail (see http://www.foreclosure.com)
Auto industry + Cash4Clunkers = Epic Failure (see http://www.repofinder.com)
And now, watch as they distance themselves from ACORN really quick.
ACORN is involved in shady dealings? Nooooooo! I don't believe it! Next you'll be telling me Al Capone was shady! You'll be telling me the old Soviet Union was corrupt! You'll be telling me Obama is a lying sack of—
Oh.
Never mind.
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Good luck! We will get the impeachment paperwork ready for your results!
Glad they didn't have time to destroy evidence or anything….(sarcasm)
Thank God!! It is about time!
Maybe in their search they will find the obamination's birth certificate!
Raid all of SEIU's offices too
Barbecue their asses in molasses. Do something this time!!
Raid the White House…….
Wonder how many they stole in the NY 23rd?
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Why doesn't anyone put 2 + 2 together.
Obama's vast experience and claim to fame was his being a "cummunity organizer" with ACORN. Obama either learned from or taught ACORN. Now we're starting to see what ACORN is really all about – corruption, law breaking, financial scandals, liberal politics.
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Awesome!!!
I'm sure the thugs there have already gotten rid of the evidence.
This won't be covered by state run media CBS ABC NBC CNN MSNBC
It really burns me that my tax dollars have gone to this corrupt organization.
They need to do a serious investigation into obama's contacts and shenanigans with them. . .
This is state, not Federal. If the Feds raise a stink, it could get interesting.
Obama already tipped off his buddies at acorn….evidence is probably already destroyed.
Quit picking on poor l'il ACORN. Where would Obama the Great be, but for this vibrant organization? He may
never have graced the national stage. It would have been America's loss. Come to think of it, his occupying
the stage may BE America's loss. Oh, I'm so confused. Perhaps MSNBC can set me straight.
Enough is enough from these radical Communists!
Burn. Them. Down.
oooopss…looks like another Attorney General will be getting FIRED when you know who finds out! Man-child to the rescue of his NUTS!
Looks like the obamination's "chiiiickeeens are coming home to roost" !!
I'm loving it.
Pass the popcorn!
Good lord, it's about time. Hopefully more areas will follow this example.
Why isn't anyone investigating exactly what he did at ACORN. I heave heard that he knows both the Raske brothers…it wouldn't surprise me a bit!
Maybe they'll find Obama's birth certificate.
MMMMM MMMMMM MMMMMM…..Barack Hussein Obama…….
Throw the book at them…Then watch Obama and his cronies run for cover like the rats they are.
Most Excellent! Let's hope the rest of the states follow suit.
That's not Crawfish cooking in the pot it's ACORNs books
You really DON'T want Jindal for President do you? Do your homework on this fella, he failed his Louisiana residents in many ways…… lies, loss of jobs, etc. Only cares about himself and his cronies, hurts his hard working residents and state employees. Lots of in-justices
The CIA will risk being exposed if they follow the rabbit hole. All roads lead to the CIA and the CFR.
Something tells me that this Lousiana AG will not become the left's darling like Jim Garrison was…
Don't tell me the chickens are finally coming home to roost. Everything this Obama guy touches turns to crap. ACORN, the Middle East, the economy, local elections. Washington has become a dysfunctional wasteland.
The citizens of the great nation of America seem to be stirring. They seem to realize that there are pockets of hope brought on not by big government but by individuals doing the right thing. The movement, whether it be an ACORN being closed or Nancy Pelosi being sent packing or a state government electing the right leader, is slowly gathering momentum. The people that make America function as a civilized society are fed-up with the corruption, the never-ending taxes, and the arrogances of power. This is a gathering storm that I feel will make history, bring back America to the vision of Reagan, as lay waste to the weak whimpering left.
Caution… I have both fingers crossed and toes also, but how many times have these raids just disappeared. This is only one tentacle of this fat octopus. Having said that. Yeaaaaaaaa!
Let's see if Holder tries to quash this and trample State's Rights.
GO BOBBY GO.
Good start! Now keep investigating ALL ACORN affiliates! When it's discovered how corrupt they are, prosecute to the maximum!
If the people at ACORN were committing crimes, then the people raiding them must be racists for stopping them!
So what? They will just set up "shop" in Charlie Rangel's condo south of the border.
Yea ACORN had to go. They were registering black and latino people to vote. We know that's not good for Republicans so therefore they have to go.
This really eliminates the impending doom of the literal fact Republicans are a dying breed demographically… oh for about 30 seconds. By 2030, the GOP will be a strictly rural, white, southern party with little to no involvement in national politics based on nothing more than the changing demographics of this country (More than it is today.) You think it is bad today that you wacko bastards are relegated to the Breitbart comment boards? Give it 20 years when you will be the minority.
You can raid ACORN today but you can't stop the growth of the minority vote/youth vote. It's just a cold hard fact of the numbers.
Eric Holder will not allow this to go forward. The raid was obviously racist, made by white folks who hate black people!!!
After CorSlime is gone from NJ next year, Chris Christie should have his AG go after these crooks in NJ too. It took a Community Organizer in the highest office of the land to expose ACORN.
SEIU
Where there is a will, there's a way. The Democrats LOVE the idea of having this 'little' social group in their back pocket. They'll act all surprised and stuff now BECAUSE THEY GOT CAUGHT but loved everything ACORN brought to the party. more votes = more voted in Democrats = more power. So while Nancy and Harry are running the ship, they'll play lip service to the effort behind stopping the illegal activity HOWEVER, the D party NEEDS ACORN. So like the fun little Gopher game at Chuckee Cheese. Remember that one? These radicals will pop up as something else and that something else will then get the funding from Nancy and Harry so all the democratic machine can still get the votes from dead people like they've been getting in the past.
Is the LA AT uder Jindal or is it independant?
too bad this wasnt done 13 months ago, before ACORN got obama elected.
Someone call Eric Holder and have him start working on how to phrase the reason they use for dropping any charges against them.
It's racism I tells ya
Or is this just another 'bait & switch' ??? Take the attention off of what is happening in Congress. Or should I now call it Pelosi Court?
ACORN needs to be reeled in pronto! If they follow the money… the libs in D.C. know they are up to their eyeballs in this corruption. So we are calling YOU out Obama!
I'm willing to bet that Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, or some other race warlord will claim racism here. Race pimps will try to move the focus of this investigation away from the actual crimes, and the dumb will follow (mainly democrats).
Do you think they might have had to do some “cleaning” and “Scrubbing” by now? Way too late, these crooks are smarter than that.
Louisiana is not run by Eric Holder, so you don't need to worry about it being dropped. Also, Bobby Jindal is not a Democrat and not a RINO either so you can expect that justice will be done to its fullest.
Not before time, these criminals need to join the crowd in Gitmo along with the criminals that are controling congress right now.
quick, shred the communication with the obama campaign!!!
Good…but they cleaned everything up by now….best bet they won't find a thing…they already are reorganizing
Sometimes you FEEL like a NUT.
you would be surised what you can find hidden on a hard drive.
KEY WORDS: Attorney Generals Office in Louisiana.
Well it's going to have to be up to the states that raid these cesspools because good ole' Eric Holder ain't gonna do nothin.
If anything I would keep it secret from the feds because they'll probably tip em off.
Any ACORN offices in demonrat states don't have to worry about this.
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