Andrew Breitbart Trying To Blackmail The Obama Administration With ACORN And Other Videos
While ACORN is not perfect (what organization is) if Breitbart has incriminating video - a smoking gun of sorts - why not produce it now rather then the highly edited pieces. He has probably broken criminal privacy statues in two states in addition to other crimes such as inducing someone to commit a crime. Now that he might prosecuted in one state he is making bizarre threats. As a recent past president once said, bring it on. Produce this damning evidence to support his little game of guilty by insinuation.
Andrew Breitbart and his team of ACORN videographers were back on Hannity last night (11/19/09) with a new undercover video that Breitbart claimed he was “forced to offer” now because California Attorney General Jerry Brown has launched an investigation into whether the filmmakers broke the law by secretly recording “confidential communication.” That was astounding enough. You’d think that if Breitbart really had something big on ACORN, he would have released it a few months ago, when he had maximum media attention, rather than withhold it until he could use it as ammunition against a personal foe. Or you’d think he’d at least have the good sense not to broadcast his self-serving machinations. Judging from the very edited video Breitbart presented last night, one suspects that the real reason it was withheld was because it did little to effectively incriminate ACORN. Breitbart, on the other hand, incriminated himself even worse. Near the end of the segment, he told Hannity that he had more videos and “not just ACORN” that he threatened to release during the 2010 election cycle unless the Department of Justice opened a federal investigation into ACORN. With video.
In this L.A. Times blog post which clearly takes sides with the sleazy Breitbart ( liberal media? ) they do publish ACORN's response,
Los Angeles ACORN statement, as prepared by the organization:
1. The tapes are clearly doctored and highly edited and it is our hope this will be responsibly reported on should this become a news story.
2. The conversation took place outside of the ACORN office. The couple was taken outside of the office into the building-hallway (a common space) because the subject matter they were attempting to discuss was not appropriate and the employee made it clear that ACORN does not help with such things.
3. The couple was brought to a neighboring agency that deals specifically with international abuse.
4. The couple featured in the video did NOT portray themselves as a “prostitute” and a “pimp.”
5. The couple described themselves as “a former prostitute escaping her pimp boyfriend in Miami” and the male as her “concerned friend, a student at USC” who had political aspirations. The male was NOT dressed in “pimp” attire but instead in a white shirt and pants. This contradicts what the “videographers” have stated in the press.
6. The employee made repeated attempts to move the couple out of the office and building by suggesting a number of referrals of agencies or types of agencies to talk to.
7. It is hard to respond to this tape. It is so heavily edited that it may be constructed to conceal the reality of the interaction.
Statement:
“ACORN is moving on; an independent investigation is underway, ACORN’s services have been under review and locally we continue to fight to end the foreclosure crisis and be a voice for the underserved. It’s clear that these videographers can’t move on and have resorted to releasing highly edited tapes in an attempt to keep themselves in the press.” — Lyn Mottley, ACORN leader, South LA
