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California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign is responding to accusations that she subjected to "emotional and financial abuse" her former housekeeper, who was working illegally in the country.
Nicky Diaz, who was Whitman's housekeeper from 2000-2009, claimed in a press conference alongside attorney Gloria Allred that Whitman was aware that she was undocumented and that the Republican candidate fired her only after deciding to run for governor. Diaz also said Whitman failed to pay her on time and did not offer her medical leave during her pregnancy.
Allred said that Whitman ignored a 2003 letter from the Social Security Administration notifying her of discrepancies in the Social Security number that Diaz provided.
Whitman, who has poured millions of her own money into the close race against Democrat former Gov. Jerry Brown, flatly said in a statement that “the charges are without merit.”
Whitman's campaign held a conference call with reporters - though not allowing follow-up questions – before the press conference to address the allegations.
On June 20, 2009, the campaign said, Diaz came to Whitman and confessed that she was not a legal resident of the U.S. and filed false documents. She was then fired by Whitman.
“As required by law, once we learned she was an illegal worker, I immediately terminated Nicky's employment,” Whitman said in a written statement.”It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I considered Nicky a friend and a part of our extended family.”
The campaign also argued that Allred had given Jerry Brown campaigns contributions in 1982 ($1,000) and in 2006 ($150), and said the timing of this complaint -- 34 days until the election -- was curious.
“I believe Nicky is being manipulated by Gloria Allred for political and financial purposes during the last few weeks of a hotly contested election," the statement read.
*** UPDATE *** A CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Wednesday showed Whitman trailing Brown 52 percent to 43 percent.
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OK, so Meg was wrong and there is no excuse. My other question is why didn't she report this illegal with forged documents to the I.N.S. back in June of 09 like the law requires?
Anyone?
That is what she should of done but the Government would not have done nothing anyway but the truth is she should have done it
People, forget about Meg. Forget about the Nov election. Why is this illegal alien still here? Why is she not deported yet? She admitted committing a crime. Deport her greasy illegal a$$ already. ICE her!
I think that people of California are the biggest ass clowns this nation can produce, they have no problem bowing down too while financially supporting foreigners of every nation… Unless of course they can work them for half the going wage…
But for the rest of us or the US as a whole, it’s not to hard to see through the hypocrisy of this internet queen now turned want Abe Governor, she simply says one thing, and does what ever she wants
well I'm shocked at this behavior
Meg used an employment agency
The illegal alien provided forged Social security card
The illegal alien provided forged California drivers license.
Liberals hate facts.
I'm not sure what your profile name stems from but America is a continent two 2b exact it's not a country, you remember one north one south, so just what do these libs hate? & How is it the Mexicans fault again
not only did meg use an employment agency, so do all the big farmers. These agency or contractors sheild the employer from the law. the contractor is paid one lump sum and then they pay the workers and the state employment tax after they skim a little.
an employment agency is not a contractor and meg has the employment tax DID SHE????
Motto for Rethuglicans and Tea Baggers: Do as we tell you, not as we ourselves do. POS, bigoted hypocrites.
The illegal supplied the FORGED docs...Liberals are blind to the facts!
oh..let's ask Pelosi how she feels...oh I forgot..she can't feel...
The illegal supply of facts, where did you get these facts from? I would guess from the same hear say fairy that everyone else heard it from, I say this rich bitch is a bold face liar
Geeeeeeeee I wonder where all this BS came from....Jerry( MOONBEAM ) Brown??
The MOONBEAM is from all the ACID he proped!!!
no it was about future dreams about technology which would give a faster response time to state disasters. Which were thought to be redickuless when he made the proposal in 1979. BTW they came true. that technology is now in everyday use
She's a true Republican, complain about spending pay people Sh*t wages, then wants a tax break, and a course they hate paying heathcare for anyone, the sick the dying the old, but these poor ignorant bottom feeding fools thinks they are real republicans, they would rather see their own die, than feel they are helping a minority in anyway, but will hire a mexican for a few pennies a day at the drop of a hat, its so funny to see that poor white trash sarah palin thinking she is a so called republican no doubt she lies like em, she steals like as with the credit card, and living next to russia makes her case of having experience hahaha,, its really true what they say, its really true what they say about some sick very sick people
as if liberals could care at all about illegals. Yea, they care when they can be used as a tool to acomplish some goal.
If this lady is illegal, deport her today!
the big question is "did she pay the state the necessary employment taxes"??????
If you dont make over 200 k a year you are not a true republican you are a bottom feeder they use up because they know you hate blacks, jews, and mexicans, you sat in your trailer park thinking you are part of something, you are at the bottom of all their jokes idiots, making between 7 and 12 an hour and think you are really living the dream, you are a bottom feeder, one check away from being bankrupt, but you call yourself a republican, you are a bottom feeding joke, all because they feed off your ignorance, the sad thing you will die with that same pride that kept you broke and the rich rich, and you pass this along to your kids, and they grow up just as lost and ignorant as you were during your worthless life, do you ever wonder why obama did not need to use public funds, because the same poor people you say want to live off you have more money than the most of you bottom feeders, do you wonder why sarah palin fed and clothed her family with you money you donated, because she knows you are poor and ignorant bottom feeding so called republicans, you speak loud but have empty pockets along with an empty mind. look in the mirror and say with pride you are a republican you back the big insurance companies, the oil companies yet you dont have a pot to piss in.
For the most part all that is true except for that bit about the pot
as most Americans still do have a pot to piss in…
But I personally think that the chick looks smoking Hot in her new treads… maybe with the next $150000 of free cash she can get a new dew too
Anybody using illegals when we have 10%+ unemployment is a dirtbag not fit for public office. If they do the obvious crimes imagine what they do with a set of books for a suitcase full of money etc.
We sure could end the illegal immigration problem by fining employers $25,000 for every illegal hired.
Then bar illegals from having their kids enrolled in public schools.
No jobs, no education, no illegal immigration problem...
As for Meg's run for Govenor, California is a State not a business.
She is "polished" and knowledgeable. So what! Do the people of California want a politician that actually did good for their state or do they want a proven corporate job killer. Sure she made jobs for a few of her employees that STILL HAVE A JOB after e-bay downsizing, but she has and does subscribe to the corporate philosophy of fire people when profit doesn't meet their expectations. She would be disastrous for California and it's people. California right now is plagued by problems that will not just go away because some people "say it will if she is elected. You better smarten up, put the lies being shouted from the roof tops where they belong IN THE TOILET!
Ray, I'm sorry to burst your bubble but Brown hasn't done a damn thing for California. He has been nothing but a professional hack his whole life. The only reason Brown ran is because he was recruited by the state labor unions.
The republicans love mexicans, you can pay them cheap and save money to hire more is their motto, and you wonder why so many are out of work, the republicans are hiring mexicans, they say this saves money, but you fools love em,
Dave must be one of them Dem's that is sitting home and collecting welfare from his Democrat Government
Blah Blah-blah Blah-blah, I'm running for Political Office so I must present myself as trustworthy and honest. Blah balh-balh blah-blah, I'm running for Political Office so I must appear above board to my constituents....
John mccain could not remember how many houses he owns, but you truck driving true americans with flags covering your rear window hahahaha, wanted him and sarah to win, she took your donation money and fed and clothed her wrecked family, off your money, while you sit looking stupid calling yourself republicans, hahahha,, i can only laugh, I am so happy obama did not use that free tax money that mccain had to use, he had true support, not the support of back stabbing republicans, hire mexicans then complain there are no jobs, hahahha,, at what point do you look in the mirror and say i am stupid. remember the republicans voted no to raise the hourly wage. but what really took me, sarah palin used your donations to feed and clothe her family on your hard owned money but you love that idiot, god bless all fools
Dave,
Dont forget ... He was Not a Maverick either...LOL! I guess he forgot..HHA HA HA HA
Hey Dave you must be one of those Dem's that still think Obama is going to pay for your gas and pay your house payment out of his stash of money or are you one of them welfare people that think us republicans should pay for you to set home and do nothing because we owe you
This lady should be sent back to her country immediately they know where she is at and the laws say she should be sent back to her country But that is the problem with these people in charge they only input the laws that seem to help them not what is right We the people need to make sure we vote for people that will stand for all are laws not just the ones they want This Lady lied about her papers and she lied to her Boss so I would have fired her to so send her back home and get on with the real problems in this State
Modis Operandi for every single Republican
"Im going to make a statement but will take no questions after"
Reason? Why I practice the "mushroom" philosophy of transparent governement. I will keep you in the dark and bury you in BS"
Thats is because all you got is BS BruceF
danny..and another one falls in line with Christine O'Donnell now refusing to talk to the national media over her Linkedin lie. I have the perfect remedy for that however..the national media needs to stop talking to her.
I may just end up moving to Canada. I don't think I can handle the political mess that is California and the US anymore. Democrats have blown it, and the Republicans who blew it in the first place want to do the same stuff again. I wish all the lefties and all the righties would all just go away and make room for the reasonable people in the middle who look at all the merits of each argument and don't just vote party line. It scares me to think that anyone would have strong feelings in favor of either of these candidates, and the thought that some on here have strong feelings in favor of Palin makes me want to move further away than Canada! Maybe Russia so she can see me...although I'm sure the grass is greener...
I've voted Democrat in California since I turned 18 WAY BACK in 1980. If Jerry Brown is the best choice that the party could come up with, then woe be to us. He was ineffectual in Oakland (obviously) and the track record as "moonbeam" fared little better.
Sorry to say that I'd still take Meg despite these recent, and very curiously timed, allegations
Just another example-one of many, of Republicans talking out of both sides of their mouth. She was for amnesty...now she's not. It's ok to employ illegal aliens...until you run for Gov. The timing of this lawsuit is "suspicious"? So is the timing of the maid's firing. So...we should be suspicious of Jerry Brown, but not supicious of Meg Whitman...is that what her campaign spokes people are saying? Right....
born and raised in cali....grew up when cali was still a great place to live, great economy, lot's of jobs, great schools, low taxes and dem and repubs that could get along and get something done, then in the late 70's it was decided that we have to be everything to everybody and the decent begain..lived there full time until I retired and sold my business. By then I'd had enough of cali and left..It is now the most debt ridden state in the union, with taxes out of control...no wonder people and business are leaving. Sorry to see it but the politicians brought down the house.
This is really a big blow to her campaign. I'm very certain that she'll lost. :(
Don't worry these Billionares have enough money to muddy the waters and cover stuff up. She still has enough money to buy Calf. but it will cost her a little more money.
I was here in California the last time Brown was governor. Not only is he in the pockets of the Unions and all state employees, his talking point about fiscal conservacy when he was in office was only due to the fact that he was an out-and-out hippy and lived off his folks. The worst part is what he did to our judicial system with Rosie and the supremes. He screwed up so many criminal cases it wasn't funny. Back then he'd be a big fan of people like Gardner who killed those girls in Southern California. Moon Beam Jerry was the politest thing you could call him. Unfortunately there's a lot of voters here in California that aren't old enough to know the real guy and will vote for him simply because he's a Democrat. No, the choice isn't great, but nowadays in politics it's the lesser of two evils, and I know what a sad choice Brown was and would be again.