Justice Dept. inspector reviewing ACORN's role

By Associated Press

Posted: Sep 21, 2009 3:29 PM

An internal watchdog at the Justice Department says he is reviewing the agency's involvement with the activist group ACORN.

ACORN has come under fire for a hidden camera video involving a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp. On the video, two ACORN workers apparently advise the couple to lie about her profession
and launder her earnings to get housing aid.

Conservatives have called for a criminal investigation of the group.Inspector General Glenn Fine wrote Republican congressman Lamar Smith that his office will examine whether ACORN sought or received any Justice Department grant money, or conducted any reviews of ACORN's use of such money.

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