FBI: McCain Camp ACORN Statement "Too Political For Us To Be Involved"

Late Thursday afternoon, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis sent out a statement seeking to piggy-back on the news that the FBI has opened a nationwide investigation into the voter registration fraud allegedly committed by the community organizing group ACORN.

"Given the fact the FBI has launched a nationwide investigation into the questionable voter registration practices of ACORN, it is imperative that Barack Obama's campaign cooperate fully with this important investigation," Davis wrote in the email, which was blasted out to reporters. Declaring that Obama should "fully disclose the true nature of his association" with the group, Davis went on to cite a familiar trope: the $832,000 paid by Obama's campaign to an ACORN affiliate for "get out the vote" operations during the primary season. Though the Obama campaign originally mis-reported some of its payments to Citizens Services, the ACORN affiliate in question, it already amended its Federal Elections Commission filings in August and September.

Davis's memo also appeared to go on a fishing expedition, as it demanded that Obama provide "total disclosure" of "any and all" information the Obama campaign may have related to ACORN's database of registered voters compiled during this election cycle -- something it's not clear the Obama campaign would have any working knowledge about.

So we wondered, how interested is the FBI in acquiring information about the Obama campaign's payments to an ACORN affiliate that no one has accused of being connected to the fraudulent voter registrations?

The Huffington Post reached FBI spokesman Richard Kalko by phone, who at first said he would have no comment about the ACORN investigation. (No surprise.)

But when told that the McCain campaign had sent out a memo alleging that Barack Obama had critical information to the case, Kalko asked for more details.

"When did they send that out?" he asked. When told it was a fresh release, Kalko asked the Huffington Post to forward him Davis's statement. "I'd like to take a look at that," Kalko said. "Though I don't want to get your hopes up that I'll comment."

Moments later, Kalko emailed back, writing: "We have no comment on this issue."

Reached again by phone and asked whether Davis's release would be taken seriously as an investigatory matter, Kalko merely said: "It's just too political for us to be involved. We're just going to hide under our desks over here. Sorry."

Comments

[TuffCookie]

wtf

[kellygrrrl]

you're on your own Mav

[Obibrenner]

It's the Bush FBI, did any of us expect otherwise?

[CharlesJ]

So is the FBI going to investigate this or are they leaving it alone because it is too political?

McCain is getting what he wants but it will backfire in their faces. Nothing like jumping back in front of those head lights John. Are you sure you want to do this especially with the documented factual ties you have to Acorn. Hmmm, duck, an acorn is falling from the trees, no it's John McCain shaking the tree to see if some of those acorns stick to Obama. lol.

Silly mickey... McCain needs to follow Gergens advise from CNN last night. Salvage what you can of your image and dignity.

[sonoffestus]

Salvage implies there is something to salvage....................there's nothing to salvage, John is a weak, old, and honorless individual. He pals around with Racists and Successionists.

[shelobo]

Are you sure it was a REAL FBI Agent you talked to,as I'm hearing stories being spred all over Texas like Cow S**T that the FBI are investigateing Obama for BUYING votes now ? The story is ,Obama is PAYING people on the street to appear in Political ads and that only people who are FOR McCain are to be hired, they must be homelss ,morgtage foreclosures prefered and they have to be members of radical groups that HATE the UNITED STATES own at least one moose hunting rifle,every member of their family MUST own their own pistols ,and speak in the national redneck language and sign the "Yu Betcha "I'll Lie agreement " ,they can love Bush ,it's the Citizens they are required to hate to get the job..so please double check and see it was a REAL Fed ya jacked jaws with ,please purty ,purty please.I'm not sure I can trust a Fed nowdayzzzz.

[CharlesJ]

Its all stories.. that is the point. The republican party is real good at getting those stories going.

[ChandraSF]

Can't blame the FBI - they know McCain and his key staff are pathological liars. Who wants to waste time chasing shadows?

[Whinger]

Well, eventually the truth about the Secret Service cover up has leaked out.

Sgt Bilko, you have failed to do your duty, not for the first time, as well you know!

[SherryIndianapolis]

WOWWW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[SherryIndianapolis]

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