Whitman's husband says 'it is possible' handwriting on letter is his

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/09/whitmans-husband-said-handwriting-on-2003-letter-suggesting-housekeeper-was-illegal-may-be-his.html

Dr. Griff Harsh, Meg Whitman’s husband, just released a statement saying that it may be his signature on a 2003 letter that raised the possibility that their housekeeper was undocumented.

The statement came hours after Whitman held a news conference at which she insisted neither she nor her husband had seen the letter from the Social Security Administration, and suggested that the housekeeper had intercepted it.

The statement in its entirety:

“While I honestly do not recall receiving this letter, as it was sent to me seven years ago, I can say it is possible that I would've scratched a follow up note on a letter like this, which is a request for information to make certain Nicky received her Social Security benefits and W-2 tax refund for withheld wages. Since we believed her to be legal, I would have had no reason to suspect that she would not have filled it in and done what was needed to secure her benefits.

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Updated : An earlier version of this item said the letter contained a signature that might be Harsh's. The letter has handwriting on it, but not a signature

Although I wish they had named him Gruff.

Is that surfing lingo?

Griffith Rutherford Harsh the IV, thank you veddy much. OMG THEY ARE THURSTON AND LOVEY HOWELL!

:rofl:

Yeah SHE can just sooooo connect with the average Joe :sarcasm:

she said "fuck you and fuck your fraternity" in a bar in Palo Alto, LOL, he is GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD THE FIFTH! :rofl:

Oh to be a fly on the wall

No wonder he grew up to be a complete and total douchebag.

It's possible that we trusted Nicky so much that we ignored all of the subsequent SSA letters.

It's possible that pigs fly.

Not bloody likely, but possible.

knew she was illegal and continued to be illegal.

"While I honestly do not recall receiving this letter, as it was sent to me seven years ago, I can say it is possible that I would've scratched a follow up note on a letter like this ....."

:rofl:

I was just thinking that as complying, law-abiding employers, he and Meg would surely have a complete employee file on their housekeeper, including all the W-2s they issued to her. By the way, Mr. Harsh, as a working person who files his own taxes, I should tell you that working stiffs don't refer to it as a "W-2 tax refund."

Way to go Meg!

You were responsible for ensuring it was filled out and returned. You have opened a can of worms with this response. This situation was evidently not resolved and begs the questions:

What about your subsequent W-2 filings for Ms. Diaz? Did you continue to pay her employment taxes for the following six years using a false SS number? Why would you do that? Are you claiming that the IRS simply stopped asking for clarification in 2003?

And don't tell me "Google is your friend", It's not. We've been at odds for a couple of years now.

Besides, I'd rather up my post count.

e-cigarettes = electronic cigarettes

If you are sincerely interested, then you can PM me. :)

or maybe more appropriately, surprised anyone would have her.

They decided to merge their asses...err, um...assets. Yeah, that's it.

:)

-JB

Who is Howard Rile, Jr.? The best document examiner I know!

IMO, Whitman's hubbie is lying.

after the November election. THIS will sink the campaign and she will blame HIM.

That question just might conflict a habitual lair.