Sen. Cornyn Seeks Nationwide Criminal Probe of ACORN
Sends Letter to U.S. Attorney General Regarding Reports of Widespread Election Fraud


Tuesday, October 14, 2008


WASHINGTON— In the wake of numerous reports of widespread election fraud by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter today to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting that the Department of Justice immediately launch a nationwide criminal probe into ACORN’s voter registration activities and investigate ACORN as a “criminal enterprise.â€