ACORN Officials Videotaped Telling 'Pimp,' 'Prostitute' How to Lie to IRS

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Acorn is going down...

ACORN Officials Videotaped Telling 'Pimp,' 'Prostitute' How to Lie to IRS - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

Officials with the controversial community organizing group ACORN were secretly videotaped offering to assist two individuals posing as a pimp and a prostitute, encouraging them to lie to the Internal Revenue Service and providing guidance on how to claim underage girls from South America as dependents.

In the videotape, made on July 24, James O'Keefe, a 25-year-old independent filmmaker, posed as a pimp with a 20-year-old woman named "Kenya" who posed as a prostitute while visiting ACORN's office in Baltimore. The couple told ACORN staffers they wanted to secure housing where the woman could continue to maintain a prostitution business.
ACORN — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — bills itself as the nation's largest community of low- and moderate-income families "working together for social justice and stronger communities," according to its Web site. The organization has been accused by Republicans and conservative activists with fraud in voter registration drives around the country and has been under fire since last year for its support of President Obama and for its planned participation in next year's census.

A spokesman for ACORN, Scott Levenson, when asked to comment on the videotape, said: "The portrayal is false and defamatory and an attempt at gotcha journalism. This film crew tried to pull this sham at other offices and failed. ACORN wants to see the full video before commenting further."
On the videotape, "Kenya" can be seen telling an ACORN staffer that she earns roughly $8,000 a month. The ACORN employee then suggests to "Kenya" that ACORN could submit a tax return for 2008 showing that she made $9,600 for the entire year — instead of $96,000 — and that ACORN would charge "Kenya" $50 instead of the usual $150 fee for preparing her taxes.

ACORN offers tax preparation and benefits application services free of charge during tax season; it charges nominal fees during non-tax season.
The ACORN staffer can also be seen suggesting that the prostitute list her occupation as a freelance "performing artist."

"It's not dancing, trust me," the "pimp" says.

"But dancing is considered an art," the ACORN staffer replies. "[Exotic dancers] usually go under performing artists, or yeah, they usually go under performing arts, which will be what you are — a performing artist."
The "pimp" later says that he and "Kenya" plan to bring up to 13 "very young" girls from El Salvador to work as prostitutes. Although an ACORN staffer points out their plans are illegal, she also suggests that the girls can be claimed as dependents.

"What if they are going to be making money because they are performing tricks too?" the pimp says.

"If they making money and they are underage, then you shouldn't be letting anybody know anyway," the ACORN staffer says, and laughs. "It's illegal. So I am not hearing this, I am not hearing this. You talk too much. Don't give up no information you're not asked."

The "pimp" then asks ACORN staffers to "promise" not to discriminate against his sex worker because of "who she is and what she does," according to the audiotape.

"If we don't have the information, then how are we going to discriminate?" the ACORN staffer replies. "You see what I am saying?"
If the girls are under age 16, the ACORN staffer says on the tape, then they are not legally allowed to work in the state, regardless of what they do.

"So it's like they don't even exist?" "Kenya" asks.

"Exactly," the ACORN staffer replies. "It's like they don't even exist."
The staffer goes on to suggest that as many as three of the underage girls can be listed as dependents at the home, but a "flag" will be raised if as many as 13 are listed.

"You are gonna use three of them," the staffer says. "They are gonna be under 16, so you is eligible to get child tax credit and additional child tax credit."

The ACORN workers also appear to be promoting the group's services to the "pimp" and "Kenya."

A second ACORN employee can be heard on the audiotape suggesting that the couple join the organization for an annual cost of $120 prior to attending one of its first-time homebuyer seminars, which are underwritten with taxpayer funds.

Later, when the "pimp" asks what would happen if the organization is somehow connected to the scheme, the ACORN staffer replies, "First of all, it's not gonna damage us because we not gonna know. And with your girls, you tell them, 'Be careful.' Train them to keep their mouth shut."
"These girls are like 14, how can we trust them?" the pimp asks.
"Just be very, very careful," the ACORN staffer says. "Whatever you do, always keep your eyes in the back of your head."

Reached by FOX News, O'Keefe said he was "shocked" at the level of assistance provided by ACORN staffers.
"I was prepared for them to call the police, throw me out of the office and be hostile," he said. "Without hesitation, they helped me every way they could with evading taxes and setting me up with a brothel, with getting around federal tax laws — doing everything they could to help us. I was completely shocked."

House Republicans issued a report in July accusing ACORN of engaging in a scheme to use taxpayer money to support a partisan political agenda. California Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, called for a criminal investigation into the group, which dismissed the report as a "partisan attack job."

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

Tip of the iceberg, my friend. Tip of the iceberg.

 

[Dryden]

This is a vital service to the community. Pimps and whores represent 12% of the working population and need to be supported by our government. Those ladies work long minutes for thousands of dollars. The pimps need bigger rings and neck chains. Money must be dumped into the hands of this stuggling business.
The "Stimulus Package" now has a whole new meaning.

 

[Phil502]

I saw the video of this on Fox News, the Acorn people are sure fast on giving advise, this woman was spouting out the answer in record time.
Maybe she can get a scholarship to Harvard Law School.

 

[wtfd661]

And yet still nothing will happen to them

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

Hey, the Justice Department has reopened the case of the New Black Panthers' alleged harassment of voters in Philadelphia, IIRC, so don't give up hope right off the bat on this ACORN mess.

 

[Scutter01]

IF this video is accurate, how is the ACORN person not guilty of racketeering or at least as an accessory? If you can be convicted on drug charges for carrying baking soda that you thought was cocaine, then ACORN needs to explain why they're aiding and abetting child sex slavery.

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

Where's Kirk when you need him?

 

[r3126]

And yet still nothing will happen to them

True 'dat. This took place a month and a half ago and.... Nothing! If anything, NBC and others will attack the guy, girl and the conservative side and roll the blame on them/us.

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

The wheels of justice roll slowly.

Remember Blago, the GOV? How fast is his case moving along?

 

[r3126]

The wheels of justice roll slowly.

I hope (and pray) you are right!

 

[Movealongmovealong]

Anyone have a deep link to the entire unedited/uncut video?

 

[JetGirl]

Anyone have a deep link to the entire unedited/uncut video?

Hot Air has some:
HotAirPundit: Shock Undercover Video Shows ACORN Workers Advising ‘Pimp’ & ‘Prostitute’ to Avoid Law

 

[melensdad]

I just posted the videos and link to the story at the Catholic Forums. That should rile up the liberals over there and send the conservatives into a frenzy!

If nothing else, it spreads the word about the abuses of ACORN.

I really think this information needs to get out to as many MAINSTREAM discussion forums as is possible so please post the YouTube links EVERYWHERE you can and get this message out! We need to "defund" Acorn and the truth is probably the best way to do that!

 

[SavageEagle]

I watched the video of this this morning. I hope they nail them to the wall with this idiot crap. Maybe they'll FINALLY launch an investigation into ACORN properly this time. Every building, every region, every HQ.

 

[melensdad]

Yahoo!News has now picked up this story and there is also a story about this on FOXNews website.

This story MUST get out to everyone so they see how disgusting ACORN really is.

 

[JetGirl]

Here's the whole transcript:
Big Government Blog Archive Complete ACORN Baltimore Child Prostitution Investigation Transcript

 

[Doug]

Oh, Gee Whiz, ACORN is just like democraps, in general, 98% of them give the rest a bad name!

Doug

 

[Bigum1969]

FOXNews is covering it right now!

 

[Bigum1969]

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