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SHERIFF<br />

KING COUNTY<br />

Case <strong>File</strong> # 07·120588<br />

Witness Statement<br />

I I<br />

This is Detectivel<br />

IKing County Sheriffs Office. The date is May 10, 2007. The time is<br />

1515 hours. This is for King County Sheriffs Office case number 07-120588. Uh, present in this<br />

interview are Assistant U.S. Attorney Arlen Storm, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Steve Hobbs,<br />

myself who I just mentioned and I Iwho we are interviewing. This interview is taking place at<br />

the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tacoma and I guess I'll start with you ...<br />

Det 1 ...._---I Arlen do we have your permission to record this?<br />

b6<br />

Arlen Storm:<br />

Det.1<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

You do.<br />

And Steve?<br />

Yes indeed.<br />

Witness:<br />

Det.1<br />

Yes, that's fine.<br />

And that's okay with me too. There we go.<br />

Steve Hobbs: All righd Iso why don't we just start from the beginning of the beginning which<br />

is uh ... sort of your pre-ACORN life ... not everything but briefly what you were doing<br />

before then and how you became involved uh ... with ACORN how ... did they ... did you<br />

apply for ajob with them ... did they reach out to you ... what was the situation ... a little<br />

background?<br />

Witness:<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

Witness:<br />

I uh ... I've been increasingly involved in political campaigns since ... the um ... first<br />

election of President Bush. And um ... or since the morning after ... shall we say. And<br />

um .. .I noticed on Craigslist and announcement from ACORN and sent in a ... resume and<br />

a letter and pursued them until they hired me. It looked attractive on the Internet. ..<br />

Mmhm.<br />

... what they had.<br />

Steve Hobbs: Did you have to interview or ...<br />

Witness:<br />

Yes, I went to Portland and interviewed .. .1 think I've forgotten her name. Uh ... she was<br />

never very involved here but she had been historically I think ... the coordinator for a<br />

couple of states in this area.<br />

Steve Hobbs: I'm gonna suggest a name to you ...<br />

Witness:<br />

Sure.

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