ACORN Embezzlement Was $5 Mil, Not Merely $1 Mil

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The Louisiana attorney general's office says the embezzlement at ACORN years ago involved $5 million, not the originally reported figure of close to $1 million, according to BigGovernment.com which cites a report from NOLA.com.

The $5 million figure is reportedly mentioned in a subpoena. My sources inside ACORN say the $5 million figure is an exaggeration.

Current ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis reportedly today denied the figure was $5 million. Lewis is scheduled to speak at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., tomorrow at 10 a.m.

Report: ACORN Embezzlement Was $5 Million, Not Merely $1 Million

The $5 million ACORN embezzlement figure is not new — and the NYT knows it


Former ACORN/Project Vote worker Anita MonCrief — the independent whistleblower who worked closely with NYTimes reporter Stephanie Strom on exposing ACORN financial shenanigans last year before Times editors “cut bait” just weeks before Election Day — informed Strom that the true figure was $5 million.

MonCrief also reported the $5 million figure to Warner Todd Huston in April 2009.

Hey, New York Times conservative media monitor: Why don’t you ask Strom about this? Why don’t you ask MonCrief?

Michael McCray of the ACORN 8 had also reported the $5 million figure in an interview with blogger Doug Ross in July 2009:

Q: One of the complaints we’ve heard related to funding among all of the various ACORN-related entities. What were some of the more egregious activities you saw perpetrated by top management?

A: Well the multi-million embezzlement and 8 year cover up has to lead the list of egregious illegal conduct. The embezzlement was publicly reported to be $1 million, however the board was notified that the true number was at least $5 million.

Senior Staff and the Executive Committee knew about the embezzlement and covered it up for eight years.

We believe that any participated in, benefited from or knew about and withheld information about the embezzlement from the board should be terminated and/or removed from any association with ACORN. We demanded a forensic examination and independent financial audit of ACORN and all of its related entities to ferret out the wrongdoers.

Michael Gaynor noted at the time in response to McCray: “Tellingly, Mr. McCray did NOT complain about keeping the information from prosecutors and the public. Perhaps that is because ACORN 8 leaders also kept important information from prosecutors and the public and put off the possibility of legal action to protect then presidential candidate Obama’s election prospects. Incredibly, Mr. McCray essentially claimed that bad leadership is ACORN’s only problem. Mr. McCray admitted that the ACORN 8 are out to replace the current ACORN control group, but the ideological difference is limited…Mr. McCray and the ACORN 8 did not complain that ACORN has functioned wrongfully as an unofficial arm of the Democrat Party for many years. Instead, Mr. McCray celebrated ACORN’s “effectiveness” and complained only about ACORN leadership corruption.

“ACORN is highly effective; my problem is that its leadership has become corrupt,” McCray told Ross.

“But ACORN’s corruption is NOT new and just replacing ACORN’s leadership will not do,” Gaynor responded.

The $5 million ACORN embezzlement figure is not new — and the NYT knows it

No matter how fast the radical left keeps sweeping the dirt under the rug, the light of day is being focused on this group that needs serious disinfection.

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If the Justice Department did a full fledge investigation /audit on all of ACORN as well as the fraud advice they are so willing to give government tit suckers, I'll bet the true cost to taxpayers is in the Billions!!!

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1 million, 5 million, what's 4 million dollars more or less.

I seriously doubt that even the government can track all of the nefarious entities that make up ACORN.

A RICO investigation by a real Justice Department, not this joke run by Holder, is what is needed, but dont hold your breath.

Waiting for Holder to realistically investigate an organisation made up of Obama voters isnt like to be high up on his priority list.

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Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

1 million, 5 million, what's 4 million dollars more or less.

I seriously doubt that even the government can track all of the nefarious entities that make up ACORN.

A RICO investigation by a real Justice Department, not this joke run by Holder, is what is needed, but dont hold your breath.

Waiting for Holder to realistically investigate an organisation made up of Obama voters isnt like to be high up on his priority list.

I think the Justice Department has a higher priority investigating our CIA.