A federal judge last week allowed a lawsuit against conservative activists James O’Keefe and Hanna
Giles to proceed.

Former ACORN worker Juan Carlos Vera sued O’Keefe and Giles in 2010 for allegedly illegally
taping their confidential conversation to make the now infamous “ACORN pimp” video. After
the heavily-edited video was released in 2009, Vera was fired from ACORN and Congress later
voted to defund the organization, which led to its bankruptcy.

California law that prohibits people from recording confidential conservations without the consent
of all parties involved.
The video made it appear that Vera had given human-smuggling advice to O’Keefe and Giles while
the two conservative activists were dressed as a pimp and prostitute.

However, it was later revealed that Vera had reported their fake child prostitution ring to the police.
A California state investigation later cleared Vera and other ACORN workers of any wrongdoing.