Ethics

Conyers Calls for Hearings on ACORN

By Ed Brayton

Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, says he may hold hearings on accusations made by a former employee of ACORN that the organization had broken the law in a number of ways. The Washington Times reports:

Mr. Conyers, Michigan Democrat and fierce partisan, suggested a congressional probe after scathing testimony about the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) during a hearing on various voting issues related to the 2008 presidential election.

Mr. Conyers called the accusations "a pretty serious matter."

"I think that it would be something that would be worth our time," he said during Thursday's hearing. "We've never had one person representing ACORN before the committee. ... I think in all fairness we ought to really examine it."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).