New Orleans Escorts: Prostitution complaint filed against Vitter
September 29, 2009
Prostitution complaint filed against Vitter By Susan Crabtree – 09/29/09 11:51 AM ET A watchdog group has filed a complaint against Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) with the Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel accusing Vitter of violating the state’s rules of professional conduct for lawyers by soliciting prostitutes.The complaint, filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), comes in response to Vitter’s support for an investigation into ACORN, a liberal community-organizing group. Two employees at ACORN’s Baltimore, Md., branch were caught on tape allegedly offering advice to a pair posing as a pimp and prostitute on setting up a prostitution ring and evading the IRS. The tapes were revealed in mid-September.The Justice Department’s inspector general has launched an investigation into any DOJ grants ACORN has received and whether the money was properly overseen. Last week the Senate and the House both passed bills aimed at preventing ACORN from receiving federal dollars. Vitter has been a vocal critic of ACORN since the damaging tapes surfaced.In 2007, media reports revealed that Vitter wa …
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