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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (view source)
Revision as of 20:11, June 19, 2010
, 20:11, June 19, 2010→Response: IG Report
The Justice Department closed down the investigation in March 2009, stating that ACORN broke no laws, though it noted that ACORN had engaged in “questionable hiring and training practices.”<ref>www.judicialwatch.org, Judicial Watch News, March 11, 2010</ref>
The Justice Department closed down the investigation in March 2009, stating that ACORN broke no laws, though it noted that ACORN had engaged in “questionable hiring and training practices.”<ref>www.judicialwatch.org, Judicial Watch News, March 11, 2010</ref>
===Inspector General report ===
A “preliminary” [[GAO]] report<ref>[http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10648r.pdf]</ref> proves that the now-defunct left-wing group [[ACORN]]'s decision to shut down was the result of “a [[Joe McCarthy|McCarthy]]-era style war against the poor and minorities,” says the group's former leader, Bertha Lewis.<ref>[http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0618/exclusive/]</ref> The report found ACORN affiliates received a stunning $40.4 million in taxpayer subsidies in 2005-2009 alone. Even the Justice Department (which is supposed to be investigating the group) funded the creation of the “ACORN Youth Union” to “provide youth leadership training” (indoctrinate public-school students) to win “specific improvements and policy changes”(lobby for the group's pet issues) “such as school funding” (higher taxes), etc.<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/68062]</ref> The IG report indicates that of the six major federal agencies GAO queried, only one has provided responses. “We did not independently assess the sufficiency of agencies' oversight activities,” states the report. The GAO added that 12 ACORN workers have pleaded guilty to voter registration fraud; unmentioned was that at least six more former ACORN workers are under indictment on similar charges.<ref>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_686567.html]</ref> Yet to investigated are charges ACORN engaged in violations of RICO through money-laundering of taxpayer funds designated for nonpartisan activities, engaged in partisan activities, or violated [[ERISA]] by shifting pension funds to conceal a million-dollar embezzlement perpetrated by ACORN founder Wade Rathke's brother. The report incorporates changes ACORN demanded.<ref>[http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/2010/06/16/new-gao-report-on-acorn-is-compromised-acorns-lawyer-demanded-changes-and-he-got-them/ </ref>
===Civil Suit===
===Civil Suit===