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.
Meanwhile, Karen Inman, who was a national board member at ACORN
until Lewis expelled her for asking too many questions about the
embezzlement, writes about ACORN's corruption at the Minnesota
Public Radio website. Inman is a co-founder of the reform
group 'ACORN 8.'
Inman's post was published hours before the news broke that the
embezzlement figure had been upwardly revised by the Louisiana
attorney general.
Michelle Malkin adds that the $5 million figure isn't new at
all.
(This post was revised repeatedly as new information came in.)
