Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

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1 Jayson Woods to use the homeless shelter address to make up cards. She said she
sometimes sat at home with Woods and made up the cards. She said that this is when
2 the whole things started with making up cards, and she said that Mitchell got her and
Woods started by showing them how.
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4 Clifton Mitchell Interviews
June 4, 2007
5 SDPA Hobbs and I went to Pierce County Jail and interviewed Mitchell in a visiting
room. We were separated by a glass partition.
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I began by advising Mitchell of his legal rights from a department-issued card. He
7 said that he understood his rights. I asked if he wanted to waive them and talk to
us. He said he'd listen to what he had to say.
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SDPA Hobbs explained the case.
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Mitchell said, "Can I talk to an attorney first, I'm scared?"
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However, Mitchell continued on immediately after this, saying the following unprompted
11 by any questioning.
12 "I've changed my life dramatically. I'm working at Westmart now making cabinets.
I've been there one year. I was wrong. I'm gonna accept the consequences, I'm a man.
13 I did something to keep my job. If quality control would have done her job ... "
14 We explained to Mitchell that he would have to decide if he wanted to talk to us, and
to call if he wanted to make a statement. I gave him my contact information.
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Mitchell was concerned about how much jail time he would do, saying that he had a
16 really bad criminal history. SDPA Hobbs said he didn't know.
17 We ended the interview.
18 June 5, 2007
SDPA Hobbs and I interviewed Mitchell at the Pierce County Jail. I advised Mitchell of
1~ his legal rights from a department form. He said (and later signed) that he
understood his rights, and he said (and later signed) that he wished to waive his
20 rights.
21 Mitchell then gave a verbal statement, and I wrote down what he said. In summary, he
admitted that when he and the other ACORN employees went to Seattle they went to the
22 library and sat as a group and made up voter registration forms. He said they used
phone books, newspaper or just made up the information they put onto the forms. He
23 admitted that all the forms that came from Seattle were fraudulent, but he said there
may be just a few legitimate ones. He named the people that went with him to Seattle,
24 and also identified them by the photos I showed to him (with the exception of giving a
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Certification for Determination
of Probable Cause
Norm Maleng
Prosecuting Attorney
W 554 King County Courthouse
Seattle, Washington 98104-2312
(206) 296-9000