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worker's "contact" in Mexico was a police official. The employee collected as much specific information from Giles and O'Keefe as possible during their visit. The worker then contacted
Mexican police to warn them of the plot. The AG Office's report stated, "ACORN was not the criminal enterprise described by O'Keefe in his 'Chaos for Glory' statement – it did not receive billions in federal funds and did not control elections. ACORN is, however, disorganized and its operations were far from transparent, leaving it vulnerable to allegations of illegal activity and misuse of funds." The report also noted that despite O'Keefe's appearing in the released videos in "stereotypical 1970s pimp garb", in his actual taped sessions with ACORN workers, he was dressed in a shirt and tie, presented himself as a law student, and said he planned to use the prostitution proceeds to run for Congress, and never claimed he was a pimp.
215:" to help get underage girls across the border. But, after the discussion with O'Keefe, Vera reported O'Keefe's fabricated plan for human smuggling to police. Vera was fired for what ACORN called "unacceptable conduct". Vera had said he tried to help the fake prostitute because she said that she needed to escape her controlling pimp. On July 8, 2010, after the AG's Report confirmed that he had contacted the police to try to thwart the couple's smuggling plan, Vera filed a civil suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against O'Keefe and Giles for recording him without his permission, which was a violation of California law. In July 2012, Giles settled the case paying Vera $ 50,000, and in March 2013, O'Keefe settled, paying $ 100,000.
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recorded ACORN members for "terrible judgment and highly inappropriate behavior", the investigation report also concluded that "ACORN could determine that the conduct of its employees in
California was inappropriate, but that is an employment matter, which does not rise to the level of a law enforcement or governmental concern". The report determined that the employees did not commit prosecutable crimes in California. Regarding this contrast between the publicity related to the videos and what actually transpired, Attorney General Brown stated, "The evidence illustrates that things are not always as partisan zealots portray them through highly selective editing of reality. Sometimes a fuller truth is found on the cutting room floor."
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external investigation. As ACORN learned more from its employees of what had taken place, it called the videos "false" and "defamatory". A spokesman accused O'Keefe of dubbing the audio on the videos. On
September 23, 2009, ACORN filed suit in a Baltimore court against the filmmakers, citing "extreme emotional distress" of the ACORN workers and violation of two-party consent recording laws. It later allowed the suit to lapse.
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did not exempt O'Keefe or Giles from being sued separately by the ACORN members filmed in the videos. Citing the 1967 Invasion of
Privacy Act, Attorney General Office's report stated, "an application of these principles to the facts presented here strongly suggests that O'Keefe and Giles violated state privacy laws and provides fair warning to them and others that this type of activity can be prosecuted in California."
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before the activist videos delivered what may become the final blow, the organization was dogged for years by financial problems and accusations of fraud." Former co-chairwoman of ACORN's
Maryland chapter Sonja Merchant-Jones said: "That 20-minute video ruined 40 years of good work. But if the organization had confronted its own internal problems, it might not have been taken down so easily."
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no instances of voter fraud by people who were allegedly registered to vote improperly by ACORN or its employees, and no instances where ACORN violated terms of federal funding in the last 5 years. The CRS found that O'Keefe and Giles may have violated
Maryland and California laws banning the recording of face-to-face conversations without consent of both parties.
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reported that ACORN was on the verge of filing for bankruptcy; 15 of the group's 30 state chapters had disbanded over the past six months, and other chapters (including the largest, in New York and
California) had renamed themselves and severed all ties to the national organization. Two unnamed ACORN
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quoted a law enforcement source saying that "They edited the tape to meet their agenda". The ACORN lawyer Arthur
Schwartz commented that ACORN was "gratified that the DA has concluded something we knew all along." He said that O'Keefe and Giles had "used subterfuge to convince Congress and the media
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revealed that O'Keefe did not wear such clothing to the ACORN offices, but rather he wore subdued clothing and a tie, and in one instance posed as a candidate for
Congress. Stark said, "If they really wanted the truth out there, why do they need to edit these tapes in the first place? Why aren't the
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September 14 television appearance on Fox, O'Keefe appeared dressed in a fur coat, sunglasses, and holding a cane. The host announced: " is dressed exactly in the same outfit that he wore to these ACORN offices up and down the eastern seaboard." He asked, "s that what you think a pimp looks
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noted that "the heavily edited footage includes audio of the two conservatives but none of the ACORN Housing Corp. worker's responses to their questions." Junette Marcano, a board member of Philadelphia ACORN, said, "This is a targeted assault to disenfranchise our members because ... the right-wing
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For instance, one much-publicized recording had shown O'Keefe and Giles at the San Diego office. They show a worker purportedly seeking information from a contact in Mexico to help them smuggle underage girls from Mexico into the United States to work as prostitutes. The video did not show that the
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that the following weekend, a teleconference was planned to discuss a bankruptcy filing; "private donations from foundations to ACORN all but evaporated." The federal government had ended contracts with the group related to organizing counts in urban areas for the Census and work for the IRS. "ong
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announced the office's findings, based on its review of new unedited videotapes recorded in the California offices of ACORN, as well as other evidence. The AG had granted O'Keefe and Giles immunity from prosecution in exchange for the raw videotapes. The report noted that the terms of the exchange
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accused the video ensemble of being a politically motivated piece that lacked context and did not present accurate information. She characterized the work as raw information instead of journalism. She said some elements of the ACORN videos seemed "shadows of journalism's muckraking past" and were
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Tresa Kaelke, a California employee on the videos, stated she believed the activists were joking and made a variety of absurd or joking statements to them. She said they were "somewhat entertaining, but they weren't even good actors." On the other hand her office supervisor, Christina Spach, said
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reported that ACORN was "still alive. We're limping along. We're on life support." Lewis said that ACORN's annual budget had been reduced from $ 25 million to $ 4 million, and that its staff of 350 to 600 people had been reduced to four. Lewis explained the controversy had left a stain on ACORN,
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said on Fox News on September 20, 2009, "n a way, this was good for us, so what it did was show up to us what weaknesses we have, and we have moved swiftly ... in order to correct that." She said that after viewing the tapes, she had fired all the employees featured and had begun a comprehensive
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Giles and O'Keefe have been criticized for accuracy problems. Their videos include the oft-repeated conservative claim that ACORN is expected to get up to $ 8.5 billion in government funds. But that's a bold exaggeration, as it includes $ 3 billion in stimulus funds set aside for revitalization
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that, in explaining why the audio portion did not include the worker's responses, O'Keefe said, "on the one hand, the pair are concerned about the legal ramifications." O'Keefe claimed secondly "that the tape battery died." Commenting on the Philadelphia video, Leonnig said "when you go to this
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The report of the Attorney General Office concluded, "Even if O'Keefe and Giles had truly intended to break the law, there is no evidence that any of the ACORN employees had the intent to aid and abet such criminal conduct or agreed to join in that illegal conduct." While faulting a few of the
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is my hero!" The California Attorney General's investigation of Kaelke determined that "none of her claims" on the video were true, that "she was playing along with what she perceived as a joke", and there was "no evidence she had ever engaged in prostitution." According to CNN, the filmmakers
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ending their contracts with ACORN, the U.S. Congress suspending its funding, and ACORN losing most of its private funding. This was despite several independent investigations that by December 2009 appeared to reveal that no criminal activity by ACORN staff had taken place.
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began to cover the story on September 11, the day after the story aired on Fox News. Breitbart and reporters of Fox News stayed on message, complaining that the "mainstream media" did not respond promptly or cover the story in sufficient depth. On September 11, 2009,
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released a transcript of their discussion with Kaelke that included a comment left out of the originally released tape in which Kaelke said that ACORN would have nothing to do with their prostitution business. Kaelke was fired by ACORN after the videos were released.
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by courting the Fox News Corporation: "We had to devise a plan that would force the media to see the evidence before they had enough time to destroy these two idealistic 20-something truth seekers." Giles was interviewed exclusively by Fox commentator
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Kaelke "pretended to cooperate with O'Keefe and Giles because she feared for her safety." Kaelke responded to the pair's requests for help setting up a child-prostitution ring on the video by claiming to be an ex-prostitute and exclaiming, "
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The Attorney General Office criticized O'Keefe for not acting as a journalist trying to objectively report a story from the facts, noting instead that O'Keefe stated he "was out to make a point and to damage ACORN." The report
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The more than $ 8 billion number was based on the false assumption that ACORN would apply for and win every project and grant in the country, and in fact ACORN did not apply for any of the stimulus funds. Leonnig also
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On March 22, 2010, National ACORN spokesman Kevin Whelan says the organization's board decided to close remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1 because of falling revenues. On April 20, the ACORN CEO
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public editor at the time, reviewed the raw footage and concluded that, regarding the statements by ACORN workers, “the most damning words match the transcripts and the audio, and do not seem out of context.”
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material ... for example, in one, a San Bernadino employee at ACORN explains that there is no way ACORN would support what the couple were proposing, and she asks if they are putting her on,
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that he had counseled Giles and O'Keefe to "offer Fox News the full footage of each video before each was released." Breitbart said he developed a strategy to counter such presumed
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office, and you see this tape, I don't think he's got the goods to say that ACORN lied." Both Giles and O'Keefe declined to answer questions after the release of the October video.
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needy individuals who walked in the door seeking assistance. Giles and O'Keefe lied to engender compassion, but then edited their statements from the released videos.
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the videos, in some cases, left out what I would call some
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Filmmakers Show Video of ACORN 'Sting' in Philadelphia
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462:Report by the Congressional Research Service
364:Response by government and state authorities
109:reporters called a "Mission to Fell ACORN".
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2716:"The politicized art behind the ACORN plan"
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136:Hidden camera recordings and video releases
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471:Investigation by New York attorney general
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567:on the day of the first video's release.
3289:ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy
3052:Schlesinger, Robert (January 26, 2010).
2945:
2331:"ACORN Suspends Key Services Amid Probe"
2193:"CRS: ACORN ban may be unconstitutional"
2085:"Census Bureau Cuts Its Ties With Acorn"
2017:Pritchard, Justin (September 23, 2009).
1676:
1405:"The ACORN Videos: Did NPR Ignore Them?"
902:"House Votes to Strip Funding for ACORN"
20:
3325:2009 controversies in the United States
3164:, Democracy Now! Website, 12 March 2010
2951:
2891:
2854:
2714:Andrew Breitbart (September 21, 2009).
2349:
2304:"Acorn Hires Former State Law Enforcer"
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1843:Docket note: disposed, lack of service.
1791:Falcone, Michael (September 14, 2009).
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1310:"O'Keefe: Neither Pimp nor Journalist"
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2873:from the original on January 28, 2020
2814:Census Severs Relationship with ACORN
2533:
2302:Rutenberg, Jim (September 23, 2009).
2219:Wheaton, Sarah (September 24, 2009).
2047:
1958:
1890:On the Record with Greta Van Susteren
1155:
1051:"Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN"
1049:Taylor, Andrew (September 14, 2009).
1028:ACORN filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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37:History of ACORN in the United States
3197:
2957:"Latest Developments in ACORN Story"
2885:
2857:"James O'Keefe Can't Get No Respect"
2581:AG opens probe into ACORN video flap
2418:Conyers Releases CRS Report on ACORN
2191:Thrush, Glenn (September 25, 2009).
2083:Sherman, Jake (September 12, 2009).
1841:. March 11, 2010 – via Scribd.
1821:"APNewsBreak: ACORN Sues Filmmakers"
1742:. September 15, 2009. Archived from
1362:
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1217:Elliott, Debbie (February 4, 2010).
908:. September 17, 2009. Archived from
754:"ACORN and the Ethics of Leadership"
537:
45:(ACORN), a collection of autonomous
2515:from the original on March 25, 2010
2162:Lorber, Janie (December 11, 2009).
1973:from the original on March 25, 2010
1940:from the original on March 23, 2010
1793:"ACORN mulls suit against Fox News"
1577:ACORN Worker fired over video sting
1334:Fessler, Pam (September 17, 2009).
1210:
1170:from the original on April 12, 2024
1156:Shane, Scott (September 18, 2009).
870:Shane, Scott (September 19, 2009).
827:from the original on March 25, 2010
800:from the original on March 25, 2010
752:Kaminer, Wendy (December 8, 2009).
608:Criticisms of the undercover videos
502:On April 1, 2010, Attorney General
41:In 2009, workers at offices of the
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3114:; Proskauer Rose; December 7, 2009
3078:McDonough, Molly (March 2, 2010).
2848:
2403:CRS report: ACORN didn't break law
2233:from the original on June 17, 2011
2140:
1823:. Associated Press. Archived from
1363:Hoyt, Clark (September 26, 2009).
1308:Mock, Brentin (January 27, 2010).
1293:; David Folkenflik; March 14, 2011
1244:"Pimp in ACORN video shares story"
1114:, 11-30-2009; retrieved 12-02-2009
891:
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2758:from the original on June 2, 2010
2667:Scandal Jeopardizes ACORN Funding
2365:. foxnews.com. September 16, 2009
1819:Mike Schuh (September 24, 2009).
1698:
1677:Friedman, Brad (March 12, 2013).
1375:from the original on May 13, 2011
768:The Editors, (December 11, 2009)
739:James, Frank (December 7, 2009).
218:
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2986:Stark, Mike (October 22, 2009).
2604:Maddow, Rachel (April 6, 2010).
2501:Newman, Andrew (March 1, 2010).
813:Newman, Andrew (March 1, 2010).
786:Newman, Andrew (March 1, 2010).
415:volunteer tax-assistance program
271:October press conference release
103:Florida International University
3284:Anthony Weiner sexting scandals
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2482:Rovzar, Chris (March 7, 2010)
1926:Urbina, Ian (March 19, 2010).
1617:September 22, 2009, Fox News,
1533:Fox News, September 16, 2009,
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2393:; Proskauer; December 7, 2009
1959:Smith, Ben (March 22, 2010).
1766:"GOP seizes on ACORN funding"
840:Madde, Mike (March 1, 2010).
699:
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3058:U.S. News & World Report
2855:Alberta, Tim (May 4, 2018).
2669:AOL News; September 16, 2009
1909:, Fox News, October 21, 2009
1479:"Blowback in the ACORN Wars"
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3029:Vanderbilt University Press
1582:September 25, 2009, at the
770:ACORN Investigation Results
497:California Attorney General
78:United States Census Bureau
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2899:Columbia Journalism Review
2826:Jake Tapper on ACORN Probe
2608:. NBC News. Archived from
2257:February 22, 2012, at the
1190:"James O'Keefe (Overview)"
779:December 13, 2009, at the
614:Columbia Journalism Review
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3330:2009 in the United States
3279:Firing of Shirley Sherrod
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1839:"ACORN v. O'Keefe Docket"
1575:September 22, 2009, Fox,
376:2010 United States Census
3122:, CRS; December 22, 2009
546:of Fox News accused the
419:U.S. Treasury Department
411:Internal Revenue Service
384:House of Representatives
2261:, WBOC News, 2009-09-24
2090:The Wall Street Journal
1600:April 11, 2010, at the
1551:The Wall Street Journal
1467:(subscription required)
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774:The Nonprofit Quarterly
554:wrote in an article in
446:, an attorney from the
417:. On September 24, the
413:removed ACORN from its
3237:Hollywood, Interrupted
2955:(September 23, 2009).
2924:(September 18, 2009).
2777:"The Seeds of a Story"
2754:. September 11, 2009.
2057:(September 20, 2009).
2055:Stephanopoulos, George
2003:Los Angeles Daily News
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1548:, September 16, 2010;
1485:. September 16, 2009.
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1658:on September 14, 2010
1017:. CNN. June 15, 2010.
912:on September 22, 2009
734:on September 8, 2010.
672:For some - including
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277:ACORN Office Location
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3019:Atlas, John (2010).
2867:Capitol News Company
2790:; September 19, 2009
2720:The Washington Times
2337:. September 16, 2009
2144:Congressional Record
1772:. September 16, 2009
1515:. September 16, 2009
1365:"Tuning In Too Late"
556:The Washington Times
380:United States Senate
130:Leadership Institute
2993:The Huffington Post
2962:The Washington Post
2931:The Washington Post
2865:. Washington D.C.:
2635:The Huffington Post
2612:on January 29, 2013
2447:New York Daily News
2408:; December 23, 2009
1892:, October 21, 2009.
1864:The Washington Post
1422:The Washington Post
1135:The Washington Post
626:The Washington Post
544:Joshua Rhett Miller
346:officials told the
339:On March 19, 2010,
335:Aftermath for ACORN
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246:The Washington Post
242:The Washington Post
238:National Press Club
107:The Washington Post
2782:2009-09-28 at the
2592:The Sacramento Bee
2586:2010-11-25 at the
2567:2011-08-11 at the
2508:The New York Times
2423:2010-11-03 at the
2389:2010-09-08 at the
2309:The New York Times
2226:The New York Times
2169:The New York Times
1933:The New York Times
1886:Greta Van Susteren
1866:, October 22, 2009
1369:The New York Times
1252:. January 29, 2010
1198:. January 26, 2010
1195:The New York Times
1163:The New York Times
1034:; November 2, 2010
877:The New York Times
820:The New York Times
793:The New York Times
764:on August 6, 2011.
684:Robert Schlesinger
560:liberal media bias
342:The New York Times
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2922:Leonnig, Carol D.
2594:; October 1, 2009
2489:New York Magazine
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1453:The Baltimore Sun
1249:Los Angeles Times
1126:Leonnig, Carol D.
1108:by Erika Lovely,
1096:, August 13, 2010
1094:Dayton Daily News
1056:The Seattle Times
1032:Los Angeles Times
542:On September 15,
538:Media controversy
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