Numerous ongoing investigations being conducted surrounding ACORN’s criminal activities

DOJ Files Papers To Urge Reversal Of ACORN Funding Ruling

By Matthew Vadum T
hursday, December 17, 2009

This just in from the office of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:

DOJ Files Papers to Urge Reversal of ACORN Funding Ruling
WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding the Department of Justice’s decision to file papers in federal court arguing for a reversal of the Eastern Court Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling last week which found a congressional ban on funding for ACORN to be a bill of attainder:

“Given the numerous ongoing investigations being conducted surrounding ACORN’s criminal activities, the federal government will and should vigorously defend what the President signed and Congress overwhelmingly passed—a bipartisan recognition that ACORN is not fit to receive federal funds to perform duties on behalf of the American people,â€