New Orleans Escorts: Group calls for investigation of Vitter
September 30, 2009
NEW ORLEANS A Washington-based public watchdog group said Tuesday it has asked a Louisiana state agency that reviews lawyer conduct to investigate allegations that U.S. Sen. David Vitter solicited prostitutes.
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CREW, a nonprofit group with a history of complaints against both parties, notes in its news release that Vitter is among a host of Republicans calling for criminal investigations of ACORN and an end to government funding for its programs. Republican criticisms of the group were energized after employees at some ACORN offices were recorded recently apparently giving advice to a woman posing as a prostitute and to a man posing as her pimp about cheating on taxes and operating a brothel.
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(2 of 2)The group’s most recent list currently includes seven Republicans and eight Democrats. In an e-mailed statement to The Associated Press, Vitter spokesman Joel DiGrado accused the group of trying to “shift the light” from the Democratic Party’s long ties to ACORN, and noting that CREW is “run by a former Democratic Senate …
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