Whitman Didn't Know

Meg Whitman  informed that her housekeeper was an illegal immigrant, says The New York Times. Allred, the housekeeper's attorney, displayed a letter allegedly written on by Whitman's husband asking the housekeeper, Nicandra Diaz-Santillan, to check on an issue with Diaz-Santillan's Social Security number. Whitman stated in a press release today that she would "absolutely" be willing to take a lie detector test to support her. Whitman's husband, Dr. Griffith Harsh, admits that he could have written the note but that it onlly proves that Diaz-Santillan did not, in fact, "take care of it". The Whitman campaign claims that this was "clearly a coordinated political attack". Whitman and Harsh claim that they followed the law, by firing the woman, and that Diaz-Santillan did not.  

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Political Attacking or Illegal Housekeeping?

Meg Whitman's former housekeeper tears up at press conference

Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for California governor, is accused of knowingly employing an illegal immigrant for nine years. Whitman's former housekeeper, Nicandra Diaz-Santillan, says she feels "like she [is] being thrown away 'like a piece of garbage'," reported the L.A. Times. Whitman claims that false documents were provided when she hired Nicandra Diaz-Santillan and that the housekeeper was fired immediately when Whitman found out she was in the country illegally. Diaz-Santillan's flamboyant celebrity attorney, Gloria Allred, arranged the press conference to air on the gossip Web site TMZ.com. The New York Times supported claims that Ms. Diaz-Santillan's accusations are politically motivated and coincidental that Allred is involved. "You have never seen me, and I have never seen you," Diaz-Santillan claims that Whitman said this after she fired her. All three news sources have connected that Allred is a personal friend of Brown, Democratic candidate for Governor of California.