ACORN Smear Collaborator Claims Persecution to Raise Money for Her Legal Troubles [View All]

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AlterNet / By Liliana Segura

In a bizarre fundraising appeal, James O'Keefe's co-conspirator Hannah Giles claims ACORN is trying to 'destroy' her -- and invites you to donate $35 to $5,000 to her legal fund ... The letter contains a number of inaccuracies, large and small. She claims to be a humble college student who cannot afford to defend herself. She is not ... She claims that "Congress is on the verge of pulling ACORN's funding for in (sic) federal funding -- delivering a mortal blow to this corrupt and evil taxpayer funded organization." In fact, Congress's cynical Defund Acorn Act, which was passed last fall, was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge in December ... Giles wildly over-exaggerates Obama's ties with ACORN -- she refers to it as "Obama's ACORN" -- not to mention her role in "exposing" it ...

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