Thrown Under the ACORN Bus: Two Employees in ACORN Child Prostitution Ring Exposé Fired Today
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on September 10, 2009
MSM in lockstep on Obama Road... NOT reporting ACORN child prostitution and tax fraud scandal
Breaking information… I’m a bit surprised at how quickly ACORN has thrown these employees under the bus. Guess it was getting just a tad bit too hot in the kitchen, eh?
Oh, and Katie Couric, you out there, hon? No worries about reporting ANY of this, buttercup. We’ve got it handled out here. No one’s watching you on CBS News anyway. Tom Brokaw? Why are you still twiddling your thumbs on this huge scandal?
From Associated Press: ACORN fires 2 after hidden-camera footage aired:
BALTIMORE – The group ACORN has fired two employees who were seen on hidden-camera video giving tax advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman who pretended to be a prostitute.
September 10, 2009
Fox News Channel broadcast excerpts from the video Thursday. On the video, a man and woman visiting ACORN’s Baltimore office asked about buying a house and how to account on tax forms for the woman’s income. An ACORN employee advised the woman to list her occupation as “performance artist.”
The pair also claimed they planned to employ teenage girls from central America as prostitutes, and an ACORN employee suggested that up to three of the girls could be claimed as dependents, according to transcripts of the video posted online by conservative activist James O’Keefe.
O’Keefe told Fox he posed as the pimp and that he was shocked by the ACORN employees’ helpfulness.
In a statement, ACORN Maryland board member Margaret Williams said the video was an attempt to smear ACORN, and that undercover teams attempted similar setups in at least three other ACORN offices.
Williams said no tax returns were filed and no assistance was provided.
ACORN — which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — advocates for poor people. It conducted a massive voter registration effort last year and became a target of conservatives when some employees were accused of submitting false registration forms with names such as “Mickey Mouse.” ACORN has said only a handful of employees submitted false registration forms and did so in a bid to boost their pay.
UPDATE: Too outrageous, but yes, it’s true: The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office issued a statement tonight indicating that it may prosecute the Big Government undercover team that conducted one of its ACORN/prostitution stings in Baltimore. O’Keefe could face up to five years in jail for violating Maryland’s wiretap laws. No word on the Attorney’s Office prosecuting the ACORN people. Outrageous. Read more at Michelle Malkin’s blog.
From Inside Charm City:
You should let Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy politely know your opinion on this issue. You can send her an email to mail@stattorney.org or call her office at (410) 396-4001.
More on ACORN:
FOX News: 2 ACORN Employees Fired, Could Face Criminal Charges
Wall Street Journal: ACORN Outdoes Itself
Examiner.com: Breitbart’s Big Government exposes Acorn prostitute scam with video and text from James O’Keefe
James O’Keefe, Right Sided American Kafir: Chaos for Glory: My Time With ACORN, also available on Big Government
We Are Change, Colorado Springs Blog: ACORN and Prostitution What’s Going On?
Paul Chesser, American Spectator: Re: Census Bureau Severs Ties with ACORN
Diary of a Mad Conservative: Are they surprised? A conservative used THEIR book!
Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, Andrew Breitbart Presents Big Government: Shocking Audio Could Incriminate ACORN Affiliates
Hannah Giles, Andrew Breitbart Presents Big Government: In the Bowels of Baltimore’s ACORN
Publius, Andrew Breitbart Presents Big Government: Mediaite: Could Andrew Breitbart Become the Right’s Arianna Huffington? and Rep. Steve King Calls for Congressional Investigation of ACORN
James O’Keefe, Andrew Breitbart Presents Big Government: Complete ACORN Baltimore Child Prostitution Investigation Transcript
Jeffery Lord, American Spectator: Media Malpractice: Tom Brokaw’s World Implodes
Andrew Breitbart Presents Big Government: Exposing ACORN: Introducing James O’Keefe
The Freedom Post: GLENN BECK: “YOU WILL SEE BY THE END OF THE WEEK THAT PEOPLE WILL GO TO JAIL” and BIG GOVERNMENT.COM RELEASES ACORN PROSTITUTION VIDEO
Mcauleysworld’s Weblog: Stimulus to Pay $5 Billion In Taxpayer Money To ACORN
Right Voices: ACORN Watch: Big Government, has videotape of ACORN officials in Baltimore offering to help two people posing as a pimp and a prostitute, encouraging them to lie to the Internal Revenue Service…
Moe Lane: Big Government, ACORN, and tax advice for underaged brothels.
The Sundries Shack: Do We Have Another Watergate On Our Hands? and From Little ACORNs…
American Thinker: Back to ACORN General Hospital
Anita MonCrief, Hot Air Green Room: Anatomy of a Shakedown
Frugal Café Blog Zone: ACORN Child Prostitution Story Hits National FOX News: Breitbart’s New Political Site ‘Big Government’ Creating Big Waves (video) and ACORN Corruption: Report from House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Shows “Systemic Fraud” and ObamACORN-Project | NY Times/ACORN Investigation Reveals Incriminating Emails and Did the NY Times Bury the Obama-ACORN Connection? and Looks Like West Los Angeles Is Another Hot Bed for ACORN-Union Thuggery Against ObamaCare Protesters and “Hands Off Health Care!” Tea Party Protest: ACORN Affiliate Threats, Shows Hatred for Dissent (video)
theblogprof: Video: ACORN Officials Tell ‘Pimp,’ ‘Prostitute’ How to Lie to IRS
Michelle Malkin: ACORN Watch: What happens in Vegas… and
ACORN Watch: Louisiana investigates and The other pension scandals Obama won’t talk about and Roll call vote on Census director: ACORN applauds and A Biden connection: The Amtrak IG scandal and Project Vote sues whistleblower: ObamACORN bully tactics exposed
Nice Deb: House GOP Releases Report On ACORN
Beltway Snark: This Is How Voter Registration Fraud Turns Into Voter Fraud
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