Treasury Agrees to Formal Review of ACORN
Fox News is reporting that "Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George has sent a letter to Sen. Susan Collins, R, ME, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA, agreeing to conduct a formal review of ACORN and IRS's oversight of ACORN and other nonprofits. Collins and Issa recently sent letters requesting investigations of seven Inspectors General." This comes in the wake of the announcement yesterday that the IRS was "severing ties" with the organization. "The Internal Revenue Service said it would no longer include ACORN in its volunteer tax assistance program. The program offered free tax advice to about 3 million low- and moderate-income tax filers this spring. ACORN provided help on about 25,000 returns, the IRS said." As we noted earlier in the week, the Department of Justice Inspector General has also announced an investigation.
You may recall that the RNLA called on the Inspector General of HUD and the Justice Department to conduct an investigation. There have been similar repeated requests by members of Congress to open the books on ACORN and investigate where the taxpayer money goes and how it was used.