Obama Justice Dept. shut down FBI's ACORN investigation Read more at the Washin

[Hazcat]

 By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
03/11/10 1:12 PM EST

Judicial Watch has unearthed some explosive new ACORN documents that, according to a press release, show the Obama Justice Department quashed an FBI investigation of ACORN. It started when the Republican Registrars of Voters of Stamford and Bridgeport, Connecticut -- Lucy Corelli and Joseph Borges -- filed a complaint with the FBI during the 2008 election season:

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.

The FBI and Department of Justice opened an investigation into the the charges. But according to documents Judical Watch obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, 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." Of course, as Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made a point of telling me on the phone, it is illegal to knowingly submit false voter registrations so the Justice Department's claim that ACORN didn't violate any laws is highly dubious.

But we're just getting warmed up. Judicial Watch has much more:

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.

The documents also encompass a fairly wide swath of information:

The ACORN documents uncovered by Judicial Watch 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.

Between all of these documents -- which Judical Watch is making public -- we have a shot at piecing together a comprehensive, systemic look at ACORN corruption. If it looks as bad as it appears and can be substantiated by documentation, the fact that ACORN has not been seriously investigated by the feds will be a damning indictment of the White House.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-Justice-Dept-shut-down-ACORN-investigation-87360097.html#ixzz0hz8G9CC0

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-Justice-Dept-shut-down-ACORN-investigation-87360097.html

[PegLeg45]

So let me get this straight...... a POS-POTUS puts a halt on an investigation into his buddies?
Never figured anything like that could happen.

[Solus]

The report doesn't directly the investigation being shut down to the POS...errr...POTUS, just to his Justice Dept. 

It will be nice if the documents can also prove direct involvement by BHO...

[PegLeg45]

The report doesn't directly the investigation being shut down to the POS...errr...POTUS, just to his Justice Dept.  

It will be nice if the documents can also prove direct involvement by BHO...

Yeah, I know....I was just using one part of the article to inspire my hopes and dreams.  

FTA:

Between all of these documents -- which Judical Watch is making public -- we have a shot at piecing together a comprehensive, systemic look at ACORN corruption. If it looks as bad as it appears and can be substantiated by documentation, the fact that ACORN has not been seriously investigated by the feds will be a damning indictment of the White House.

One can dream, can't one?

 

[JC5123]

If someone has the backbone to push this. The SCOTUS is pissed enough at BHO over the State of the Union to sock it to him.

[Sponsor]

[Solus]

If the MSM handled this like they would for a politician they didn't think was The Savior, we wouldn't need anyone else to carry the ball.

[PegLeg45]

If the MSM handled this like they would for a politician they didn't think was The Savior, we wouldn't need anyone else to carry the ball.

+100

[fightingquaker13]

If someone has the backbone to push this. The SCOTUS is pissed enough at BHO over the State of the Union to sock it to him.

They don 't like getting dressed down on TV do they? Seriously I'm not fan of ACORN at all. What did stike me though was a Registrar saying it cost $20,000 to invalidate 300  bad voter forms. WTF? Maybe she should be a tad more effecient in her office because at that rate, she could have a great career in military contracting.
FQ13

[tekoken]

I wish I was surprised by this.

[Solus]

I was disappointed they would emphasize any dollar cost as part of the travesty perpetrated by ACORN.

If 300 folks walked in off the street and tried to submit false registrations, the cost would be the same..maybe more because of the face to face interaction.

The wrong is in the subversion of free and valid elections in this country.

In case you missed it the last time I posted it...   

I feel voter fraud is treason and needs to be dealt with as such.