Lawyer Of Undocumented Maid Claims Letter Proves That Meg Whitman Is Lying
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Gloria Allred at Thursday's press conference
Meg Whitman knew since 2003 that she and her husband were employing an undocumented worker as a maid, lawyer Gloria Allred alleges, and on Thursday she provided evidence she thinks proves it.
Whitman has denied the allegations.
The maid, Nicandra Diaz-Santillan, spoke at a press conference Wednesday. At another news conference at Allred's Santa Monica office on Thursday, Allred presented what she claims is proof that Whitman is lying.
Allred's evidence, and her reasoning for why that evidence is important, goes as follows:
On Thursday, Allred distributed photocopies to the press of a letter that the Social Security Administration sent to Whitman and her husband, Griffith Harsh. The letter says that Diaz-Santillan wrote an incorrect social security number on an employment form.
"A mismatch of a Social Security number to an employee's name is a clue that the employee may be undocumented," Allred read in a statement.
There is a handwritten note on the back of the social security letter that says, "Nicky Please check this Thanks." Allred alleges that Whitman's husband is the person who wrote the note. A reporter asked Allred if she would consult a handwriting expert to verify this. Allred deflected the question by saying that Diaz-Santillan could verify that it was Harsh's handwriting.
Other reporters asked if there was proof that Whitman had seen the letter. Wasn't it possible that Whitman's husband saw it, but didn't show it to her, they asked. To answer this, Allred pointed to a quote that Whitman gave the New York Times on September 29th; "We never received that notification."
Whitman's use of the word "we," as opposed to the word "I," was crucial to Allred's argument. By Allred's reasoning, Whitman's husband had clearly seen the letter, so the fact that Whitman chose to use the pronoun "we," rather than "I," meant that Whitman was lying.
Whitman, meanwhile, has said that Diaz-Santillan could have intercepted the letter and decided to hide it.
While Allred read her statement Thursday before a conference room packed with reporters, Diaz-Santillan quietly looked on.
Allred compared her client to Rosa Parks and insisted that her only motivation was to help undocumented workers all over America. She praised Diaz-Santillan's heroism, prompting one reporter to clap.
Other reporters, however, seemed skeptical that Allred was basing her argument on the pronoun "we" and on a vague, handwritten note.
But Allred said that more evidence will come, if necessary. She said she would hold another news conference with more hard proof if Whitman continues to deny the allegations. Allred did not specify what that proof would be.
"What time tomorrow?" a reporter jokingly asked Allred at the end of the conference.
After speaking with reporters, Allred walked to a private conference room. When the door opened, Diaz-Santillan could be seen crying inside.
Whitman's campaign has not yet responded to media questions about the letter.
Reach reporter Amy Silverstein here.
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Griff Harsh, the husband of California gubernatorial candidate Nutneg Whitman, acknowledged in a statement on Thursday that “it is possible” he received and wrote notes on a letter from the Social Security Administration back in 2003, regarding the former housekeeper. The Whitman/ Harsh household then fired their housekeeper in June 2009 (after nine years of service), when Nutmeg handlers decided that she was an election liability.
Meg, Meg, Meg, where do I start, you have reportedly spent $140 million of your own money to get elected Governor but you couldn’t use some of it to get your housekeeper (after nine years of service) some legal help to get her papers, and worse you lied about it. Wow, what a WITCH, of course I meant it with a “B”.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#39450925
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGRrNs8-s5w
But your comments on holding employers accountable for hiring undocumented workers real takes the cake, I assume you exempt yourself and your husband, or will you be turning yourself in.
Meg on holding employers accountable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4fWLHiw8zA
Meg you think you can buy the election, but what puzzles many is if you real cared and loved California then why not do your civic duty and vote, seems more rhetoric than anything else.
In good times we might give you a try but not in our disaster mode that we find ourselves in after that so-called outsider Independent Republican, named Arnold Schwarzenegger (sold to us by radio personalities John and Ken), ruined our state, yah we will trust another one of you liars, think not. And another thing nine years this maid was in your house, in your house and you failed to learned this major thing about her, come on this sounds like a huge lie that no one can believe in.
Ebay paid out $200,000 because Nutmeg assaulted an employee, so it’s not the first time she has mistreated an employee. Good luck winning Nutmeg, money will buy you admiration from the majority just from the Gay Old Party (GOP), but not from all of California.
That’s our society. Politicians, judges, and other prominent officials wail against illegal immigration, then get caught employing them because they want cheap labor.
Everyone wants cheap labor, but god forbid any illegal immigrants get hired ! I don’t buy the ‘we were duped’ defense.
I think Whitman knew and/or just didn’t care until she began her campaign and figured out she had a problem that would hurt her. Whitman isn’t the first and won’t be the last to end up like this…
Meg, Meg, Meg, where do I start, you have reportedly spent $119 million of your own money to get elected Governor but you personally went out, interviewed and hire yourself a 15 hour a week maid/ housekeeper instead of hiring a service like Maid Brigade, Merry Maids, ServiceMaster Clean, talk about being a cheap bastard (or better yet clean your own house and raise your own kids). But it does not stop there, after she worked for you for nine years you would not help her in getting legalized? Wow, what a WITCH, of course I meant it with a “B”.
But your comments on holding employers accountable for hiring undocumented workers real takes the cake, I assume you exempt yourself and your husband, or will you be turning yourself in.
Meg on holding employers accountable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4fWLHiw8zA
Meg, nine years this maid was in your house, in your house and you failed to learn this major thing about her, come on this sounds like a huge lie on your part, especially when you admit that your husband signed the notification letter.
Meg you think you can buy the election, but what puzzles many is if you real cared and loved California then why not do your civic duty and vote, seems more rhetoric than anything else. In good times we might give you a try but not in our disaster mode that we find ourselves in after that so-called outsider Independent Republican, named Arnold Schwarzenegger (sold to us by radio personalities John and Ken), ruined our state, yah we will trust another one of you liars, think not. And another thing nine years this maid was in your house, in your house and you failed to learned this major thing about her, come on this sounds like a huge lie on your part.
Ebay paid out $200,000 because Nutmeg assaulted an employee, so it’s not the first time she has mistreated an employee. Good luck winning Nutmeg, money won’t buy you admiration from the majority just from the Gay Old Party (GOP).
Its incumbent open-season, that all those who oppose immigration enforcement must be discarded, so legitimate lawmakers can take their places. Immigration law comes down to the main matter and that's money? It's the costs that American taxpayers have to bear, to subsidize anybody who slips past the border agents, or deceives the federal inspector at the airport. Costs to support illegal immigrants is substantial and the politicians, open border lobbyists don't want the true costs to be revealed to the American public. If the--REAL--fences had been constructed the full length of the US/Mexican border, Arizona would never have needed to enforce its own immigration laws. The whole cheap labor invasion has always been about money, throughout the most highlighted 30 years. Both parties must be held responsible, for this invasion.
But nothing can be done about those who already have violated our laws, except mass deportation or the permanent operation of verifying the legal status of labor, by using highly upgraded E-Verify. The (FAIR) Federation for American Immigration Reform (an activist group concerned in reducing immigration to the U.S.), used the U.S. INS (ICE is the new merged version) statistics on how many illegal immigrants have illegally settled in each state. The U.S. Dept of Education's current overheads per pupil by state, and found the estimated cost of educating illegal immigrants students and U.S. citizen children of illegal immigrants in 2004 was $29.6 billion. Seven years later the amount appropriated as currently cannot even be imagined? In 2008, about 344,000 babies were born to parents of whom at least one was an illegal immigrant. These babies were given legal status, under the Fourteenth Amendment , as American citizens.
These offspring represented eight percent of the 4.3 million births in the United States that year. These figures are just estimates of illegal immigration to the United States, and there is very little data on the dollar value placed on taxpayers. However, one thing is a 100 percent for sure the cost of supporting foreign nationals and their broods, far outweighs what they pay in taxes or any other expenditure and is still spiraling upwards. This is why all incumbents must not be given a second chance, beginning with Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). Reid like all the others has turned a blind eye to taxpayers in subsidizing millions of illegal aliens. His own state of Nevada as with California is overwhelmed with illegal aliens and the taxpayers have grave concerns for their sinking economies. We need representation of new Governors, Mayors and elected officials, who are opposed to any kind of Amnesty, such as the Dream act or the subtle description of a path to citizenship.
I’m not overly fond of Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina but she at least won’t sacrifice California taxpayers as Jerry Brown to adjoin with other pro amnesty entities. The majority of Democrats are pro-amnesty, although a few Republicans are corrupted by special interest groups to attain the goal of allowing--ALL-to stay. I repeat that business owners in the majority find no responsibility in paying for health care, education or a mixture of other freebies. Barbara Boxer of California is a strong advocate for Amnesty, so is Speaker Nancy Pelosi and many others, who if are returned to their Washington seat will aggressively seek another negative reform. This retaliation against all incumbents is the measure of proof that they have ignored the interests of all Americans, who have not been indoctrinated by the lying of the Liberal media or the open border fanatics. American voter’s message is clear-- that it’s time for you to adjourn and go back to a private job or just retire on your copious benefits.
Think about this--if we were not forced by law to pay taxes, to support the illegal household’s, we would have more than enough money to concentrate on our own impoverished American people. My guess the unions do not want billionaire Meg Whitman in office, because they will not be able to influence her as Jerry Brown with questionable monetary favors and campaign contributions? Let's face it--after a whole year has passed, this elusive illegal alien female maid comes out the woodwork to accuse Whitman, of all sorts of improprieties. This lady has already admitted she broke immigration laws by using false identification, and then she suddenly comes forward to denounce Meg Whitman. Unions and other entities have plenty of money to spend, to deceive the Public with their own ideological premise? Incidentally--Gloria Allred has a ominous agenda and a political appointee of Bill Clinton. It's my opinion as an Independent that its all a fabrication.
Call up your Senator or Congressman at 202-224-3121. Remember if we don’t speak up for ourselves--NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE. Lastly, keep a intelligent eye on the polling stations as illegal immigrants who have given us the finger on our immigration laws, will think nothing of violating our sovereign citizen’s rights in fraudulent voting, especially with absentee ballots in states with slipshod laws.
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