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Posted on 03/01/2010 5:25:23 PM PST by Former Military Chick
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Employees at the U.S. liberal grass-roots group ACORN who were caught on video giving tax advice to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, New York prosecutors said on Monday.
The organization has been reeling since a YouTube video was disseminated last September showing ACORN workers giving advice on how to flout the law to two conservative activists who posed as a pimp and a prostitute.
The U.S. Congress then voted by wide margins to prohibit the federal government from funding ACORN, and the U.S. Census Bureau ended its partnership with the group.
Following a five-month investigation, no criminal wrongdoing was uncovered, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said in a statement.
The employees involved in the incident at the group's Brooklyn office were fired and the New York chapter left ACORN and set up a new organization, ACORN spokesman Kevin Whelan said.
Republicans have long accused the group of fraud in registering voters and improperly mixing political and nonpolitical activities. ACORN has denied the allegations.
ACORN plays a significant political role in low-income neighborhoods and in 2008 signed up 1.3 million people to register to vote in areas where Democrats poll well.
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And Charlie Rangel will be in Congress till he dies of natural causes.
Something familiar about this....something about Black Panthers.
Hey Al, not enough ‘black power’ out there for you, huh?
D.A.Hynes is one of Mario Cuomo’s buddies.We will have more of this if Mario’s son is elected governor.
Not another one!
Yep, I agree with you. It was absolutely essential to give ACORN a clean pass to continue with their criminal enterprise. This finding was in the bag from the start. Shameful, indeed.
hey why not you can stand outside polling booths now with sticks and proclaim your hatred to another race and you can get away with it
well unless you’re white which should not matter as it is wrong who ever does it.
men and women have given their lives for us to vote and we now have these racist clowns making a mockery of them and yes that includes bozo and his side kicks Holder and his wife as I bet she had something to do with it
This is a very disappointing verdict. I’m mad.
these judges are a disgrace.
we had a judge down here and the law states that homosexuals cannot adopt kids but she just made a law right out of the blue, why , well because she is one too
surely we have to get rid of these judges who use their positions to pass their agenda
No! It's ok! Obama's "safe school" czar advised him to use a filter!
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I agree, I worry this will set the stage for other DAs.
Thanks for the comment. :)
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes
No offer too low.
Big surprise.
- D.A. Hynes
They weren't caught enough for a liberal DA to take any action for wrong doing.
Perhaps next time.
From his self-aggrandizing bio, don’t see a day in private practice . .career public “servant”
That’s all I saw too. Started with “Legal Aid.”
There is a certain justice in this because the fired employees are merely pawns for the leaders.
We did Tea Parties last time. Time to raise the bet.
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