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Even Saudi Arabia doesn't want these thugs!


http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/planned-parenthood-donated-to-colluded-with-lawmakers-behind-pro-life-activist-charges/article/2618772

Planned Parenthood donated to the two California attorney generals responsible for bringing charges against the anti-abortion activists behind the fetal tissue scandal. The group also appears to have colluded with one of the State Attorneys in crafting legislation that would punish the undercover activists.

Though these ties are certainly worth mentioning in coverage of the charges, newsrooms have been conspicuously silent this week on both points. There's nothing to be found in reports published by the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, USA Today and so on.

State Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who announced Tuesday that 15 felony charges had been brought against activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, is a former congressman. He served as a representative from California from 1992 to 2017.

As a member of Congress, Becerra received campaign multiple donations from Planned Parenthood, including $1,035 in 1998, $1,000 in 2002, $500 in 2004, $2,000 in 2012 and $1,000 in 2014, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who initiated the investigation against Daleiden and Merritt when she served as State Attorney, received a campaign donation from Planned Parenthood in the amount of $2,600 in 2016.

She also received a total of $39,855 in 2016 from the abortion policy and pro-abortion right lobby, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Daleiden's team, the Center for Medical Progress, made headlines when they released several hours of surreptitiously recorded videos showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing compensation for packaging and delivering body parts salvaged from the corpses of aborted children.

The Center for Medical Progress posed as a legitimate healthcare group and organized several meetings with Planned Parenthood employees in California to discuss pricing and availability. The undercover tapes, which were filmed without the knowledge of Planned Parenthood employees, were released in batches.

Though Planned Parenthood's donations to its friends in the AG's office were small, it's still worth mentioning that the people investigating Daleiden and Merritt have also received money from the targets of the anti-abortion activists' undercover investigation.