October 29, 2006

Tan Nguyen: Sanchez did first translation; given heads-up on raid

This is completely and utterly unsourced, but at a rally for Tan Nguyen yesterday this was reportedly "announced at the rally by Tan and some other speakers"

* Loretta Sanchez' office produced the initial, incorrect translation. When asked about it, she smiled and said "oops."

* Loretta Sanchez' office was give a heads up of the raid on Tan's office so it could be photographed.*

Although nothing incriminating has been found, state police refuse to return the computers, which have important campaign information on them.

And, Nguyen is reportedly "calling for an investigation".

Isn't it odd how candidates who oppose illegal immigration tend to have major problems like this?

UPDATE: From this:

...Then the candidate – dubbed "The Tan Man" by one supporter – hopped onto a pickup and declared that the letter at the center of state and federal investigations wasn't meant to intimidate Hispanic voters and wasn't illegal.

He also accused his opponent, U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Garden Grove, of possibly having a hand in the Oct. 20 raid on his home and campaign office during a criminal voting rights investigation.

"Ms. Sanchez's fingerprints are all over this," Nguyen declared. "… Ms. Sanchez then stood by smiling while the campaign office of her opponent – who was winning the election – was raided."

Sanchez's campaign was unable to field a response by press time. The Democrat is widely believed to be well ahead of her opponent...

Posted to California at October 29, 2006 06:11 AM

Comments

Whatever the original offense(warning the recipients of the infamous letter to obey the laws of the United States in an insufficiently sensitive manner?), it pales in comparison to he police-state style raids on the office and home of a congessional candidate and seizure of his computers. Nguyen's campaign has been crippled-effectively depriving him of his constitutional rights-in the final weeks of the campaign.

P.S. Re the use of the word "immigrant" in the letter: it is certainly at least arguable that when one becomes a naturalized citizen one exchanges the status of "immigrant" for that of "citizen".

Posted by: perroazul del norte at October 29, 2006 08:57 AM