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Issa Demands ACORN Fraud Probe Over OWS

Matthew Vadum

From today’s Front Page Magazine: Issa Demands ACORN Fraud Probe Over OWS By Matthew Vadum The House of Representatives’ top investigator has asked a federal prosecutor to look into fraudulent fundraising practices that ACORN’s New York front group allegedly used to raise money for Occupy Wall Street. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) wants to know if New York Communities for Change (NYCC) “engaged in fraud through its participation in the Occupy Wall Street protests.” (Front Page Magazine reported a month ago that NYCC was raising money for Occupy Wall Street.) In a letter Monday Issa asked Brooklyn-based … Continue reading Issa Demands ACORN Fraud Probe Over OWS

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FoxNews.com hypes story about ACORN involvement in Occupy Wall Street that I had weeks ago

Matthew Vadum

FoxNews.com has been promoting an “exclusive” story that reiterates what I previously reported. The story by Jana Winter is titled EXCLUSIVE: ACORN Playing Behind Scenes Role in ‘Occupy’ Movement. To be clear, Winter’s story is a good one. She has put a lot of meat on the bones but I had the story first. Winter reports that The former New York office for ACORN, the disbanded community activist group, is playing a key role in the self-proclaimed “leaderless” Occupy Wall Street movement, organizing “guerrilla” protest events and hiring door-to-door canvassers to collect money under the banner of various causes while spending … Continue reading FoxNews.com hypes story about ACORN involvement in Occupy Wall Street that I had weeks ago