Former Candidate for Congress Indicted on Charges of Obstructing Justice
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My-Thuan Tran, Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2008
A former Orange County congressional candidate whose campaign mailed letters warning immigrants against voting was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on obstruction of justice charges.
Tan Nguyen, whose staff sent letters to 14,000 voters in central Orange County with Spanish surnames in October 2006, allegedly misled investigators who were looking into whether the letter violated federal election laws, federal officials said.
Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant, was running to unseat Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) in the November 2006 election. Three weeks before the election, his campaign sent a letter in Spanish that said, “You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or if you are an immigrant, a vote in a federal election is a crime that can result in jail imprisonment or you will be deported for voting without the right to do so.”
The letter also falsely said that the state had developed a tracking system that would allow new Latino voters’ names to be handed over to anti-immigrant groups.
Nguyen’s attorney, James Riddet, said Wednesday that Nguyen will plead not guilty.
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Last year, the state attorney general’s office said it would not file charges against Nguyen after a seven-month investigation found there was no criminal intent to intimidate voters in the letters.
Nguyen and his lawyers previously said the letter was a misunderstanding over the Spanish translation of “emigrado.” The state investigation found that the original letter had been drafted in English by a member of Nguyen’s campaign, correctly using the term “green-card holder” to identify those not allowed to vote. The letter was translated into Spanish by another person who changed the word to “emigrado,” which translates as “immigrant.”
{snip} Local Democrats and some Republicans decried the letter, saying it was an example of racially tainted voter intimidation.
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Email My-Thuan Tran at my-thuan.tran@latimes.com.
(Posted on October 2, 2008)
Comments
It looks as though the vietnamese have a lesson to learn about trying to unseat blacks and mexicans. I bet he knows better next time. Blacks and mexicans are sacred cows here in the U.S.
Posted by at 7:01 PM on October 2
So it’s now against the law, to instruct someone to follow the law? Only in America.
Posted by TCW at 7:19 PM on October 2
“Last year, the state attorney general’s office said it would not file charges against Nguyen after a seven-month investigation found there was no criminal intent to intimidate voters in the letters.”
“…was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on obstruction of justice charges.”
Another fine example of Rodney King syndrome. If you don’t like the verdict, take them to another court.
I wonder how many Blacks, Hispanics, and guilt ridden White liberals were on the federal grand jury? All of them?
Look at OJ. It doesn’t matter whether or not he committed murder. Or how screwed up his trial was. He was found innocent in a court of law. Since nobody like the verdict he was retried in a civil court and then in a family court.
So much for double jeopardy and the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The relevant clause of which reads
“…nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb…”
Posted by Southern Hoosier at 2:00 AM on October 3
The neo-socialist change is comming.
Here is a link to a frightening video that has been already removed from about everywhere but this one website:
Sing for Change: Obama
http://www.webcastr.com/videos/music/sing-for-change-obama.html
Please, forward this link to your all friends and colleagues.
Posted by A Reader at 12:28 PM on October 3
That’s the Loretta Sanchez who beat conservative Robert (“B-1 Bob”) Dornan in 1996 by 979 votes, in an election where a House committee eventually found that illegals voted.
Posted by at 9:56 PM on October 3
Why warn them at all? Simply prosecuting them for felony voter fraud would be much more effective than warning them.
Posted by Michael C. Scott at 3:46 PM on October 6