Document shows Meg Whitman lying, attorney says Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Thursday, September 30, 2010
More... (09-30) 13:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Shortly after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said today that she and her husband never knew her housekeeper was an undocumented immigrant, the Los Angeles attorney for Nicandra Diaz Santillan presented what she said were the Social Security documents that prove Whitman is lying.
Attorney Gloria Allred, in a news conference from her office that was streamed on TMZ.com, said the April 22, 2003 letter addressed to the Whitman's home in Atherton included a handwritten note - which Diaz said was that of Whitman's husband, Dr. Griffith Harsh - saying "Nicky, please check this. Thanks."
Harsh never asked about the letter again, Allred said. The Whitmans fired Diaz last year after she told them she was an undocumented immigrant.
Earlier, Whitman appeared in an hour-long press conference with Harsh standing at her side and repeatedly denied that either one of them had ever been contacted by the Social Security Administration about a "mismatched Social Security number for Diaz.
"Absolutely not true," Whitman said. "Neither my husband or I received any letter from the Social Security. "As I understand the process, normally they would have sent a letter to the employee and two weeks later to the employers ... we never saw any such letter."
Whitman - who offered to take a lie-detector test - said her ex-employee was in charge of the house mail, and suggested that Diaz could have "intercepted" the letter.
But Allred produced blow-up copies of what she claimed were the cover letter and a form from the Social Security Administration that was sent to the Whitman's home.
"The letter indicated that the Social Security number provided to the employer ... did not match Nicky's name," Allred said.
She noted that the letter informs the couple of the problem with their employee's Social Security number and "tells the employer, Mrs. Whitman and her husband, what they need to do."
"In response to this letter, neither Meg Whitman nor Dr. Harsh asked Nicky" to give them any additional information, Allred said.
Diaz, who was born in Mexico, was Whitman's housekeeper from 2000 to 2009, and Whitman said she was led to believe from the employment agency that the housekeeper was a legal resident with a state driver's license, Social Security card and immigration documents .
But Diaz Wednesday came forward with Allred and said that Whitman knew she had no legal documents, had mistreated her and failed to pay her for all the hours she worked, then fired her in June 2009 after she asked for help to become a legal citizen.
Whitman and her campaign have alleged that Diaz and Allred are fronts for Democratic groups and the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown.
Allred, a longtime Democratic supporter, denied the allegation and said she had not been in touch with Brown for years.
E-mail Carla Marinucci at cmarinucci@sfchronicle.com
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Cash, that statement does not make any sense. Meg Whitman is a Republican,who wants to get tough on the border problems. I like all progressives want aliens to have jobs. but like most Americans want them to be legal aliens.
Just shows that she is two faced. Thata all.
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These attacks by the left just show how DESPERATE they are right now. They cant campaign on porkulous or health care bills. Its all personal attacks, really shows how weak the democrat party is right now.
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I know its nothing new, thats why I am able to predict how nasty its going to get. We have seen it before, and we are about to see it again. This time we are seeing it from the Democrats.
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new poll for this week shows brown pulling ahead bad smear Whitman should stay quite about the situation. Until the story broke Brown was only ahead by 2 points
CNN/Time 9/24 - 9/28 786 LV 52 43 Brown +9
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What a great choice we have had from the start.
Their campaign advertisements have been so bad right from the start.
I lost complete interest from the early go just by what they said on their TV advertisements.
As far as her hiring an illegal, hasn't made any differance for most anyone else in the past, the state government could care less, the same one Brown is campaigning for.
The state gives illegals unemployment and disability compensation and new numbers so they can collect while using other peoples social security numbers to get employed.
So if the Federal gov knows all of this about the employee, what did they do, that's the real issue...isn't that against the law
The state knows exactly who they are and where to contact them at, not sure why any of Megs situation is an issue.
I don't care for her from what i have seen and heard, but then again the other choice really sucks.
Easy to follow Brown and his dad, which seem very similiar.
Maybe they can both get thrown out and we could get a real canidate, where do you think we could find one?
Guess i am just one that can never get very excited with politicians, but we really need someone to help this state out and our nation.
We need businesses coming back to this state more, or a lot more people need to leave without taking their money.
We just do not have the money base to support everyone anymore.
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Our choices are pretty lame once again I will admit that. This just sucks. Its getting the same way in the military, slowly but surely the spirit of the great generals from the WWI and WWII eras are fading. You still have great leaders, but there are some panty waste lt's making their way in the ranks! Maybe there always were and I just noticed it more than others...who knows.
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The state gives illegals unemployment and disability compensation and new numbers so they can collect while using other peoples social security numbers to get employed.
exactly, the left is buying votes, and the right is buying the cheapest labor possible...
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CCM, there is one part of the illegal immigrant issue you can count on me to agree with you on. The idea that states (Colorado, in particular) are knowingly giving unemployment checks to people that it is illegal for businesses to hire is ludicrous.
If I can't give the guy a pay check why is the government?
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Because they need votes. Republicans side with the business on the cheap labor issue, and the Democrats need an underclass to keep them in office with votes. Everyone gets to exploit them!
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quote:Originally posted by glassman: and if she told people to buy my work? i would be able to name my own price. cuz they would no matter how bad it is.(or isn't)
Do you actually make "beer goggles" glass? LOL...jk
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Martha, not lookin bad in that picture. You know the lawyer for this "undocumented immigrant" says that we shouldnt use the word illegal alien because it is no offensive to the latino community. Are you kidding me?
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quote:Originally posted by CashCowMoo: Martha, not lookin bad in that picture. You know the lawyer for this "undocumented immigrant" says that we shouldnt use the word illegal alien because it is no offensive to the latino community. Are you kidding me?
more propaganda...
do the illegals even know they are breaking the law?
of course they do, that's why they pay the coyotes so much money...
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