David Iglesias On FBI's Investigation Of ACORN: "Scare Tactic"

[kpete]

glesias: "I'm Astounded" By DOJ's ACORN Probe
By Zachary Roth - October 16, 2008, 6:50PM

David Iglesias says he's shocked by the news, leaked today to the Associated Press, that the FBI is pursuing a voter-fraud investigation into ACORN just weeks before the election.

"I'm astounded that this issue is being trotted out again," Iglesias told TPMmuckraker. "Based on what I saw in 2004 and 2006, it's a scare tactic." In 2006, Iglesias was fired as U.S. attorney thanks partly to his reluctance to pursue voter-fraud cases as aggressively as DOJ wanted -- one of several U.S. attorneys fired for inappropriate political reasons, according to a recently released report by DOJ's Office of the Inspector General.

Iglesias, who has been the most outspoken of the fired U.S. attorneys, went on to say that the FBI's investigation seemed designed to inappropriately create a "boogeyman" out of voter fraud.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/iglesias_im_astounded_by_dojs.php

[John Q. Citizen]

1. That was my impression as well.

[midnight]

2. That is one of the first things that popped into my mind here in

Wisconsin. The Milwaukee County supervisor Rep. Scott Walker is attacking Acorn accusing voter fraud. The Wisconsin State Attorney JB Van Hollen sued the GAB. It is a mess.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Republicans will keep bringing it up until that horse is

beaten to death 10 times over.