Obama Spiked ACORN Investigation: Judicial Watch Releases FBI Documents
by PubliusBy Tom Fitton
Documents released today by Judicial Watch reference serious allegations of corruption and voter registration fraud by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform (ACORN), as well as the Obama administration’s decision to shut down a criminal investigation into these matters.
Two specific complaints were filed against ACORN for alleged voter fraud in October 2008 by Lucy Corelli and Joseph Borges, Republican Registrars of Voters in Stamford and Bridgeport, Connecticut, respectively. As part of its continuing investigation into alleged criminal activities of ACORN, Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents concerning this matter with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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. By burdening these election officials with fraudulent registrations, ACORN put those who legally registered at risk of not being put on voting rolls at all.
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.
By contrast, the documents also include records related to a federal investigation of ACORN corruption in St. Louis, Missouri, involving 1,492 allegedly fraudulent voter registration cards submitted by Project Vote, a liberal non-profit organization affiliated with ACORN on voter registration drives, during the 2006 election season. Assistant United States Attorney Hal Goldsmith initiated the investigation with “concurrence” from the Department of Justice and the participation of the FBI. According to a Justice Department memo, Goldsmith “advised he would prosecute any individual responsible for submitting fraudulent voter registration cards.” Goldsmith identified the statute for prosecution: Title 42, USC 1973 (gg), which provides for criminal penalties for fraudulent voter registrations. In April 2008, eight former ACORN employees from the St. Louis office pled guilty to voter registration fraud. Oddly, the FBI document that details the shut down of the Connecticut investigation seems to ignore this legal issue.
Other documents show that the Bush Justice Department failed to prosecute ACORN voter registration fraud of non-citizens in Phoenix, Arizona in 2007 because the allegations that led to the opening of the investigation were “unverifiable.” Notably, the FBI document detailing this questionable decision reveals that a “draft Intelligence Bulletin…concludes that ACORN’s employment practices perpetuate fraudulent voter registration.”
The ACORN documents include internal FBI memoranda, signed affidavits, subpoenas, fraudulent voter registration cards, and publications describing ACORN’s policies and practices. The documents also include details regarding numerous allegations of corruption extending beyond voter registration fraud, to include attempts by ACORN employees to coerce workers to participate in campaign activities on behalf of Democratic candidates.
These documents reflect seemingly systematic voter registration fraud by ACORN. It is unconscionable that the Justice Department has not conducted a fully comprehensive criminal investigation into – and prosecution of – this matter. Given President Obama’s close connections to ACORN, including his campaign’s hiring of the ACORN’s Project Vote organization, it seems questionable at best that Attorney General Holder has failed to seriously investigate these and other alleged ACORN criminal activities.
You can download the documents here and here.
Tom Fitton is president of Judicial Watch, a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational foundation that fights government corruption.
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Petal to the metal.
"It is unconscionable that the Justice Department has not conducted a fully comprehensive criminal investigation into – and prosecution of – this matter."
The Obama Administration learned its stonewalling techniques and tactics from the Clinton Administration. When faced with a problem, ignore it, thereby giving it no credability.
Unfortunately, as long as Obama, Eric Holder and the Administration ignore ACORN, the further their credability slips.
pretty brazen. even moreso is the silence from the complicit MSM.
So let me get this straight! As if really I didn't already know this the FBI is in the pocket of this administration. The AG throws out the investigation of ACORN! I think this will bite them where it hurts!!!
The Conservative Edge
All aboard the train, we are going to a party…but, when we get there, you'll have to shower first!
Seig Heil!
The AG got a new name today- Eric Witholder.
off topic: RIP Merlin Olsen…..
Rahm, Rahm… just checking.
Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Nina Gerson ruled on Wednesday that Congress acted unconstitutionally when it tried to stop federal funding of ACORN.
What happens when Obama is tied to some of the corrupt activities of ACORN? Even if his association with the group was before the election, would such an association merely tarnish his present position, or could there be criminal charges brought against him? And if he is using his office to hamper an investigation into criminal activity, or even just unethical activity, wouldn't that then become an impeachable offense?
I should have said what would happen if….
What happens? The network of Murrow, Cronkite and Rather will get to the bottom of this by dedicating a whole show to some guy having a colonoscopy and …………………
Has kind of a catchy sound to it. How about (Eric The Withholder)
Brilliant!
I think we all knew acorn got the wink and nod from obama.
Eric Holder has got to go!!!! He does not represent the American people and is OBSTRUCTING justice in several cases. This is not acceptable, Call your congressmen and senators.
Google The Battle of Athens TN
The People rose up , armed and fought corruption and won!
No Patriot was charged with anything, not a damn thing and thats because the government knew the people had the Constitutional right
Get with it folks, time to stop this BS!
These nitwits just got booted out of Ohio! After June 1, 2010 – they can't operate in this state or support anyone who is trying to do the crap like they do. 1 down '56' to go…
This just erases any possible doubt where Obama's loyalties lie, the laws of the United States or the welfare of ACORN…
His decision is clear to even the most casual of observers…
Scummy is as scummy does…
This guy can't possibly be allowed to get away with his BS!
Obama appointed the people to office that would support him an any costs….many of them he chose from the black community because they owe him now,or will owe him in the future….Eric Holder is no exception, he is a baglady for Obama as is the head of NASA who concurred with Obama in closing down NASA in order to use the money for their pet projects mainly to support sending the work out to "minority" firms. Acorn is a Chicago mob community structure and will not be bothered by this administration……..
Even more reason to pray that good conservatives get elected in November so they can start investigating ol' jugears and his minions.
I think the first place to that needs to be looked at is Minnesota and Al Franken.
If there was ever a blatant abuse of voter fraud by ACORN…
No different than what happened when the DOJ dropped the case against the midget Black Panther who was menacing the voting location with a night stick during the election. God how I wish that had been my voting place.
I just posted something similar to this on a forum board. There is no polite, friendly solution. Polite and friendly do not work against unions, mobs, mafias and street gangs (all 4 fit Washington description). They are going to listen to us because we whine? I don't think so, they only understand one language. We need to start over.
It's all huge BS. Corruption at it's finest and on top of it I am reading this article (sorry for off topic) about:
" Leaked policy documents reveal that the United Nations plans to create a “green world order” by 2012 which will be enforced by a structure of global governance and funded by a gargantuan $45 trillion transfer of wealth from richer countries, as the globalists’ insidious plan to centralize power, crush sovereignty while devastating the economy is exposed once again."
http://www.prisonplanet.com/leaked-un-documents-r...
Now I know why they need ot push this healthcare bill so quickly…follow the money folks.
It's all huge BS. Corruption at it's finest and on top of it I am reading this article (sorry for off topic) about:
" Leaked policy documents reveal that the United Nations plans to create a “green world order” by 2012 which will be enforced by a structure of global governance and funded by a gargantuan $45 trillion transfer of wealth from richer countries, as the globalists’ insidious plan to centralize power, crush sovereignty while devastating the economy is exposed once again."
http://www.prisonplanet.com/leaked-un-documents-r...
Now I know why they need ot push this healthcare bill so quickly…follow the money folks.
It's all huge BS. Corruption at it's finest and on top of it I am reading this article (sorry for off topic) about:
" Leaked policy documents reveal that the United Nations plans to create a “green world order” by 2012 which will be enforced by a structure of global governance and funded by a gargantuan $45 trillion transfer of wealth from richer countries, as the globalists’ insidious plan to centralize power, crush sovereignty while devastating the economy is exposed once again."
http://www.prisonplanet.com/leaked-un-documents-r...
Now I know why they need ot push this healthcare bill so quickly…follow the money folks.
This isn't the first time a president has shut up the FBI, and it won't be the last.This article makes me question whether the FBI is even able to stand on its own two feet without the help of one democratic person on the left side, and one republican on its right side holding it all up(with graft and corruption landing a hand of course).Does the FBI stand for Finally Been Infiltrated?
yep. Congress has nothing to do with funding. Great job Gerson.
Chicago Thuggery and Rev. Wright tactics, roll on.
I am keeping an unoffical count of investigations they have killed.
a. Black panther voter intimidation.
b. 2 Acorn voter fruad investigations.
c. Gov Richardsons pay to play case has been unfunded.
d. A Pen. Congressmen who is a no vote on health care had his FBI probe killed.
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Impeachment, then Criminal prosecution and Jail. For them all.
Perp Walks are what we need here.
I'm a food scientist by trade, not a lawyer. But would it be possible to create a case similar to a RICO investigation of ACORNS tactics? What they advocate is extortion, what they commit is felonious voter fraud and the majority of the citizens turn a blind eye because they don't want to be called racist. Wear the invective as a badge of honor! Anyone not in lockstep with the Obami are going to be called racist! What else could you be for not supporting his Lordship? All evil needs to succeed is for good men to do nothing! BURKE LIVES
Green world order – wow, that doesn't sound too creepy!
And the ACORN trolls ~
No, that's already been done. They will create a diversion with Anderson Cooper highlighting the rough life of illegal immigrants living in the US and how poorly they are treated and we should all be ashamed of ourselves
Will these kids from "the new military" ,that believe in talking to our enemies,be able to do anything this time around?Will they want to?Do they have a proper education to know the difference?I'm just afraid that the liberal propaganda that is public education has taught the fight right out of generations of kids.
What, don't tell me anybody here was surprised by this report. The progressives don't have the will and republicans don't have the balls to truly investigate and prosecute any of this.
After Holder quashed the Black panther voter intimidation, and then still refuses to tell us why, despite numerous requests, I would not put ANYTHING past these crooked scumbags. It is Chicago politics writ large. I honestly cannot believe what is happening to my country.
1776
LOL! Touche!
How about Eric Him Witholder… his middle name starts with an h.
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a dank mine fraynd
One of the all time greats.
Revolution nov2
Obama is ACORN.
"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."
Well what about all the illegal activities since then?
The ACORN doesn't fall very far from the TREE of the DEMOCRATIC party………
After all………….
Anyone want to guess what party opposes GOVERNMENT PICTURE VOTER ID registration?
Acorn is Obama!
No surprise here.
Despite the corruption of the Citizenship USA drive in 1995 both Doris Meissner and Al Gore are considered statesmen and immigration experts by the left.
The intent was to naturalize as many green card holders as possible before the 1996 election. As it turned out 40,000+ illegal aliens were processed for citizenship.
This is just more of the same. Motor voter didn't cheapen the righ to vote enough to secure a win so they resort to flat-out fraud.
Then again, don't expect Obama to recognize voter fraud; he's from Chicago!
The question of "Does Obama lie?" has become purely rhetorical. In regard to ACORN it is positively so. The real question comes around to: How blatantly complicit was Obama and does it rise to the level of impeachment? I belileve it does but then again because I am a person of moral convictions, ergo not an attorney, I cannot make that call.
It does appear obvious that this represents a pattern of behavior that like a leopards spots, are not easy to change. Assuming that there can be some benefit of allowing these lies to accrue, the case against him or one that could be made will likely only grow. Our only hope is for him to make an incredibly stupid move to accelerate the case,,,or continue to grid lock his policies in the hope for November and pray that the republic still stands in 2012.
The new president best be prepared to sign a sh!t load of Executive orders undoing the damage Obama will cause in the intervening time.
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We’re all looking forward to the November elections yet they don’t seem to care. I’ve never witnessed anything like this before. They’re in our faces, calling us names, flaunting our will, and the Constitution, like they’re going to be in charge forever. It’s like they’ve got another plan for us. Remember the interpol incident… I dunno about anyone else but something stinks and it’s not Rahm’s dead fish.
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I was thinking about this yesterday, would they go along with WE THE PEOPLE, or would we have to fight them also!!! The Civil War comes to mind, brother fighting brother!!!
The AG, Eric Holder, is corrupt. We'll have to wait until 2013 to indict him and others in the Attorney General's office for their corruption. He'll look great in an orange jumpsuit as he joins his friends in prison.
For what its worth… I am ex-military, and I still work among the active military as a contractor, all of the enlisted guys I know would not fight American citizens and would disobey any order to do so.
Corruption at the highest levels. Is it any wonder that taxpayers attempt to hide income from the IRS? Who wants to fund criminality?
The proggs will protect their own!! We can't expect holder to do anything!!!
Maybe after Nov. we can get some things done!!!
When the executive branch will not prosecute obvious crimes then the whole system of law has been compromised and it functions as a dictatorship. All the investigations in the press or by government agency are useless unless there is prosecution. I fear the country is lost.
Gitmo will be a good place for him and he can enjoy his new terrorist cellmates.
Either we are a “Nation of Laws” or we are not!!! It is time that Obama and his cronies allow the investigators in to look around!!! They fit the “Profile” of Criminals, if they’ve done nothing wrong, it seems they’d like to clear that blemish/question up!! History will reveal what they hide!!!Either declare Obama Dictator now or treat him like any other suspect in America, investigate!! If many of his gang/friends are being charged as gangsters and he is innocent, does that make him the Prophet in the crowd, trying to talk them out of committing the crimes, friends talk about amongst themselves??………..Hhmmm!! Was Obama truly the “Outsider”, Now Harry and Nancy are his friends, Are they outsiders too? How about the “Progressive media, Judges and so-called “Opposite Party”, are they outsiders also? Who knew what and when did they know it???!! We may never know, but we know one thing, cockroaches look enticing next to these vermin and I despise cockroaches even though they are nutritious (The new green food)!! Long live the cockroach, we may need them, at the pace these Constitutional Criminals are “Fundamentally” changing the laws of the land we inhabit, it will be the only thing left to eat freely, they’ve survived millions of years, surely Obama and his freinds (Behind the “Do not investigate” blockade) can’t stamp them out, like he has the jobs and is about to do to “Health Care”!!
Either we are a "Nation of Laws" or we are not!!! It is time that Obama and his cronies allow the investigators in to look around!!! They fit the "Profile" of Criminals, if they've done nothing wrong, it seems they'd like to clear that blemish/question up!! History will reveal what they hide!!!Either declare Obama Dictator now or treat him like any other suspect in America, investigate!! If many of his gang/friends are being charged as gangsters and he is innocent, does that make him the Prophet in the crowd, trying to talk them out of committing the crimes, friends talk about amongst themselves??………..Hhmmm!! Was Obama truly the "Outsider", Now Harry and Nancy are his friends, Are they outsiders too? How about the "Progressive media, Judges and so-called "Opposite Party", are they outsiders also? Who knew what and when did they know it???!! We may never know, but we know one thing, cockroaches look enticing next to these vermin and I despise cockroaches even though they are nutritious (The new green food)!! Long live the cockroach, we may need them, at the pace these Constitutional Criminals are "Fundamentally" changing the laws of the land we inhabit, it will be the only thing left to eat freely, they've survived millions of years, surely Obama and his freinds (Behind the "Do not investigate" blockade) can't stamp them out, like he has the jobs and is about to do to "Health Care"!!
ACORN
+ Jeremiah Wright
+ Saul Alinsky
+ Tony Rezko
+ Valerie Jarrett
+ Rahm Emanuel
+ Hugo Chavez
+ William Ayers
= Obama
The problem is, the Bush justice department also ignored ACORN's voter fraud. This goes beyond Obama. Who's protecting them, and why?
Remember that Obama wanted to hire ACORN and SEIU to be Census enumerators.
If all Americans that believe that we need to get rid of this government ( which I believe is about 60% or more) band together and just stop paying taxes they would have to listen. Their source of power would be gone. The surely couldn't throw 200 million Americans in jail for tax evasion. Or we could pay zero each year ubtil April 15th, then file and pay what we owe. That is legal. It would sure put a hurt on thos SOB's
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Cowboy, maybe stonewalling worked for Clinton because the economy was good (or so it appeared) and Clinton is a much more accomplished liar than Obama.
Do you think America will ever elect another blackie for President Doubt it.
Many blacks have escaped the Democrat Plantation, and hopefully many more will escape their chosen enslavement in the future.
"…..and there was light, and the Lord said it was good"…..ain't it just amazing that a little light shown in a darkened room can cause such havok? "This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine"…thanks be to the Good Lord above that Andrew and his followers have taken up the mantle of the free press. Go get 'em boys!
This is the
most corrupt
and unethical
Administration
and Congress
in the history of the USA
This administration is the most racist in the last 60 years.
They've got Chicago-style reflexes and attitudes and have utterly failed to realize they have nowhere near that level of control or dictatorial power over the national pond. Small (in all the meanings) fish in a huge pond.
They mistook the success of their election chicanery as a mandate for marxism and have no intention – have utterly NO ABILITY – to function in any other manner. They dictate, dictate, dictate, then dictate some more when it fails to work. Just look at the past YEAR of Obamacare, where they just tried once again to reset the argument and declare it 'over! sign it already!'
And the Man-child in Chief just loses his shit and looks daggers / flips people off when he gets thwarted.
This is precisely the kind of conflict of interest for which a special prosecutor is warranted. Bring it on so we can get to the bottom of this!
Yes–100 ballots found in a car trunk, turned in 3 days late and every single one for Franken. It somehow sounds suspicious–but I guess the dems always run the show in Minnesota.
You have to have someone with guts enough to investigate and follow through–even if Obama spikes this too. He has his cohorts in every part of our government now–probably selling our secrets to anybody who will pay. You notice it is always Union thugs, ACORN, CAIR, ACLU, Americorps–etc who have the coverups or dismissals by Holder, et al. Obamasaid he would side with the muslims if it came down to that–and that seems to be what he's doing.
He's a troll who's posting all over the BIGs tonight.
His posts are racist – and as transparent as a Pelosi lie.
Typically racist moonbat M.O.
Eff him.
But you have to hand it to him: he's stayed totally focused like a laser beam on jobs.
…not.
Fraudulent voter registrations? Armed voter intimidation at the polls? All being done with the blessing and assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice? Welcome to the Land of Hopenchange.
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After this, any pretense that we are living under a constitutional government has just evaporated.
The proof will be when this is white-washed …or when we are offered a token 'fall guy.'
Personally, I'm thinking "Tom" is your garden variety moby. Lefties are perpetually desperate to portray conservatives as racists.
One's got to wonder why they have to pretend to be racist conservatives, then.
Changistan
Hopengrad
The Democratic Republic of Obomo
…take your pick
Time to adopt this line the left often invoked:
No Justice, No Peace.
We’re going to have to fight these thugs, really and truly fight them.
It’s not too hard to figure it out. Obama has written books in his own words that leave a nasty little paper trail to his own doorstep.
Marxism, Corrupt crony capitalism and voter fraud Chicago style. Crook County comes to DC.
JinOh
I caught the "56" states reference. nice fecetious comment. I think Obama was counting the "Progressive" stae, the "Utopian" state, the state of "Denial" etc to come up with his guesstimate of "57" states.
The POTUS should be called "President Opaque" Progressive Democrats that read this can do a google search for the meaning of "Opaque" I am thinking that such "Big" words were not used in their "education".
Huckle (4 hr. ago) – you are not correct. Rep. King of Iowa and Darryl Issa of CA have thoroughly investigated ACORN. The hearings were broadcast on CSPAN and were riveting, especially testimony by whistleblower Anita Moncrief. Both are Republicans, by the way. You probably didn't hear about them because the Dems will not allow anything to happen to their chief vote getting arm. Apparently Republicans do have the balls to investigate them.
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We are so screwed on so many levels.
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