Congressman Issa Calls for Probe into ACORN Role in Occupy Wall Street

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House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is calling for an investigation into allegations that ACORN-related group New York Communities for Change “engaged in fraud through its participation in the Occupy Wall Street protests.”

In a letter dated Monday, Issa, R-Calif., called for U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch of the Eastern District of New York to launch a probe into allegations first reported by FoxNews.com that NYCC may have “solicited donations from union members under false pretenses and misappropriated those funds to support the protesters.”

In an Oct. 26. report, FoxNews.com quoted sources within NYCC who said that the group — run and staffed by nearly all former ACORN employees — was asking for donations for specific charitable purposes, including for the teachers union and PCB toxin testing in New York City schools.

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  • http://www.cardealexpert.com/ Cardealexpert

    The House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa must make this a clear case because eventually this will lead the ACORN into a bad name and be accused of supporting these protesters. ACORN has a respectable reputation that must be upheld and this news is a negative allegation that might be a problem in the future for them if not clarified well.

    • corky

      are you crazy? What about supporting pimps and underage prostitutes all over this country. this organizatyion is corrupt to the core and steals taxpayer money. it should be abolished and the criminals should go to prison

    • Tiredofthelies

      ACORN has a respectable reputation???????????? You have got to be kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      • Repubnut

        They are not kidding–They are PLAIN LIEING !!! Obama was and still very active in ACORN !!!

    • ROSINA

      dID YOU SAY RESPECTABLE NAME???????????????????????????
      HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF THEIR BROTHEL AIDING CONDUCT OR ARE YOUR EYES AND EARS CLOSED?
      HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF THEIR THUGGERY FRIGHTENING VOTERS?
      DO YOU NOT KNOW OF HOW THEIR PUSHING FOR EASIER MORTGAGE RULES LED TO THE GREAT HOUSING FIASCO?
      WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS??????????///

    • fedup

      Such a liberal idiot.

    • Jonathan Gartner

      What kind of reputation?? These people have been convicted of illegal votes, rabble rousing, sedition and God only knows what else. Car you obviously have come to the wrong blog for lies ect please go to the Huffington Post this blog deals with facts and logic not rumours and lies

      • Repubnut

        I don't even read Huffington Post–It wasn't quiet as bad when it was just AOL

    • Ken Davis

      Congress is worthless and will NEVER side with the law abiding, decent citizens of this country. This nation is allowing it self to be murdered by communist democrats, the liberal media,Obama, and the progressive left. This is why we have to right to bear arms. Civil war is inevitable, without a doubt.

  • Spense

    I bet the farm that ACORN is being paid with our tax dollars!

    • Colleen

      Count on it.

    • cheryl jessup

      Your right, money went to Acorn from the first stimulus. They have all received money just recently under their new name to help people with housing

  • Spense

    Cardealexpert, stated "ACORN has a respectable reputation" What have you been smoking?? ACORN is organized crime!

  • http://adrianvance.blogspot.com adrianvance

    Weren't we told ACORN dissolved? Sounds like another Obama story like sitting in Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years without realizing he was a white and America hating preacher. And, weren't there supposed to be prosecutions over millions of missing contributions? Why do we get the feeling that maybe America is the most corrupt country in the world?

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  • mimi

    ACORN IS PART OF THE SLAVE PARTY,THE DEMOCRAPS,AND THEY ARE BEING PAID TO DO THIS ,YES THEY ARE PART OF THE OCCUPY PIGS, THAT ARE DRINKING AND DRUGGING,HAVING SEX ON THE STREETS FOR ALL TO SEE!!! THEY CALL THEM SELVES HIPPIES , NO FRIGGIN WAY , I'M A HIPPIE FROM THE SIXTYS, AND WE DID NOT ACT LIKE THIS,WE WENT TO WASHINGTON TO BE HEARD. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT ARE VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THESE PIGS ON THE STREETS, GO HOME NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THEY ARE THERE!!!!!! GOOOOOOO HOME YOU DRITY PIGS!!!!!!!!!!!!! MR. ISSA IS RIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Joe

    Republicans are great at conducting hearings. They are lousy at having the balls to fire people or put them in jail. Nothing ever happens, so quit waisting our time.

    • Colleen

      What a foolish man you are! That is exactly what the thugs want…………….just ignore it long enough and maybe, just maybe it will all go away. Then we (they) can morph into some other lying, stealing, cheating organization funded and sponsored by Soros and the criminals who want to destroy our great nation.

  • John

    Go get em, Daryl ! These people should be in prison, in solitary confinement for life !

  • samtman

    I urge everybody to support the these brave 99% in their fight for uquality in this democracy.

    • http://Yahoo.com Wyatt

      When pigs tapdance and dogs fly , thats when they get my support . What gives them the right to that which they did not work for ? In case you don't know it , Communism does not work . And FYI , the majority of these idiots out there are from families of the 1% or very wealthy families . They are part of the over indulged , over educated brats who can't find jobs in the field they studied or refuse to take entry level posistions because their COMMUNIST teachers told them they would all get high paying jobs . If there wasn't this protest they would all be sitting in the coffee shop { the huge corporation owned one } slurping their over priced Latte's .

    • EP3Bob

      They are delusional to think that they represent 99% of our citizens. They are trying to incite class-hatred, from which no
      good will come to this country.

    • grandmaliberty

      are you kidding me????? they are not fighting for equality or democracy…. they want a socialistic USA… they want the rich to support the poor… they want us to be anything but the strong Christian nation that we were when we were envied as the greatest countr;y in the world. and they certainly do not represent 99% of the people of the USA… lucky if they represent 1%. and they are products of our liberal colleges.!!!!!

      • grandmaliberty

        guess they are wise to me…. now I must be approved… I am not a liberal

  • OLD DAD

    Anything conndected in any way to Obozzo is a fraud as is he. Get him out now before he does any more damage.
    Congress IMPEACH NOW !!!!!!!!!

  • JudyY

    ACORN is still ACORN no matter what name they change it to. It's still a bad organization. But they aren't the only ones involved here. Some union leaders are calling for stronger tactics against capitalism. Obama is happy that these demonstartions are happening and has supported them in his words. Any president promoting violence isn't worth the dirt he walks on. I can see that he will push things until there is a civil war and hopefully he'll suffer from that.

  • Joy Chessher

    CONGRESSMAN ISSA BETTER PROBE THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE FRAUD OF THE 2008 election of PRESIDENT OBAMA… AS THEY HAVE ALREADY “PLANNED” for the ELECTION IN 2012!! THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO FIRE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ERIC HOLDER, AND INVESTIGATION OF OUR PRESIDENT, AND MUSLIM ADVISORS IN THE WHITE HOUSE! STOP THE PROBING… move to ACTION! DO NOT LET ANYONE.., ANY GROUP OF SOCIALIST, MUSLIMS, AND COMMUNIST TAKE OVER, AND DESTROY AMERICA! DO THEY NOT SEE THAT THE PLAN IS MARSHALL LAW, ONE WORLD ORDER! THE CRIMES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.. NOW PROSECUTE! JUSTICE!!!

  • A Texan

    i am in complete support of issa in this. acorn has already been proven to be in violation of the laws and found guilty in some courts. there should never be a tax dollar given to this illegal activity. you have to remember obuma has worked there his entire working life he says. how many violations is he guilty of,or been involved in. a leopard can not change his spots and acorn can not change theirs it seems. get concerned about the next elections. these mobs are nothing but a warm up for the actions then. what kind of protection will the people need to vote will bw seen then.

  • Larry

    If they ever do a probe into Acorn's role in the Occupy Wall Street they are going to find the SOB Barrack Obama's name mentioned hundreds of times and proof that Obama is one of the driving forces behind Acorns involvement in all parts of the payment process to the Union thugs and trouble makers. The SOB Barrack Obama will pay the price but it will not happen if we wait for Washington DC and any of our Representatives to do there jobs no matter what side of the isle they are on. Our representatives are all cowards and do not have the health of our great nation in mind when they do anything they only have there personal gains in mind when they do anything. They all have been given positive proof that Barrack Obama has organized crime connections that he has been committing crimes at the same time he claims to be working for the people when he is breaking our laws and giving everything to organized crime.

  • bobindallas

    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!
    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!
    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!
    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!
    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!
    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!
    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!
    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!
    We want action! Send ACORN and Community Organizers (Obummer) to Jail!

    • CitizenArrestNow

      Lets see…. there are 50 States (NOT 57!)… if we rent 10 buses in each state, fill them up with AMERICANS and meet in DC… we can ARREST THEM OURSELVES!!!!

  • Dan Clamage

    Same bunch of criminals. This time, let’s throw them in jail.

    • Repubnut

      Holder doesn't see anything wrong, if any charges are brought up against ACORN–HOLDER will have them thrown out !!!

  • Henry P

    Marxism requires this stuff people. Just a fact of life. Just ask the people of Venezuela how they had the boot of Marxism slammed down on them. obama merely following the Hugo Chavez playbook; "Installing Marxism for Dummies."

  • Jim

    As long as Obama and mules exist so will ACORN. Get rid of Omama and mules and ACORN will be desolved and then to prison they go! Just a thought, chain gang them down the streets of New York then Chicago to be publically ridiculled for their action showing what criminals that want to destroy the US.

  • Plt Sergeant Chee

    ACORN– (ANGRY CRIMINALS OR RACIST NOBODY"S) ACORN, an Obama creation.

    • http://Yahoo.com Wyatt

      Oh yes , those Chicago guys right ?

  • buck

    Better yet , investigate EVERY organization connected to both Obamass and the occupy protests , Like the unions , like the Soroass funded foundations and press clubs , like the communist party , like the socialist party , like ALL community organizations spun off ACORN .

  • Joanne

    This is OBAMA'S Occupy protest, he declared sympathy for them because they are his answer to the Tea Party. How many cities did the Tea Party trash and how many were arrested? Zero. The lamestream media continues to support and cover up for these LOSERS.

  • http://Yahoo.com Wyatt

    Acorn ? Send in the Squirrls boys !

  • Jerry

    I don't think I would want to be a union slave! I think I have it right! Those union boys know how to make slaves out of their fools. ACORN is nothing but a slave working for and stuck with the job probably doing things that they would rather not be doing! But that the way it is. Uninformed people get involved with this and that not knowing what they are getting involved with and before they knw it they are in slavery! Good thing for them to get involved into the illegagities of the dim M.O. wishing they could be somewhere else! Too bad you took the wrong path boys!!!!

  • JulianBF

    This is why Union employee', government employee's, and company employee's should donate to organizations they support and NOT unions, government, and company's.

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