Fake News Can Lead To Criminal Charges

Two anti-abortion activists, who became heroes in the conservative movement, were charged with 15 felonies in California.  They created false identities to secretly record conversations with employees of Planned Parenthood.  The Attorney General in California stated that the protection of privacy is one of the most important protections provided by our legal system.  The duo has also been accused of making false claims about unethical use of aborted fetuses by Planned Parenthood.  A judge in Texas ruled that charges against Planned Parenthood, based upon edited videos by the activists, did not provide a scintilla of evidence that Planned Parenthood had violated any laws or medical ethics.  One of the experts defending the duo is an orthopedic surgeon.  The surgeon may be Tom Price who Trump appointed to his cabinet.  Planned Parenthood was defunded in the failed healthcare bill promoted by the Trump Administration.  Trump successfully campaigned for the votes of anti-abortionists.  Tom Price, defunding Planned Parenthood, and the nomination of a Supreme Court justice sympathetic to laws against abortion, is part of Trump's payback to those voters.  It is doubtful that Trump has any personal views on this issue.  It"s just routine politics for him.  It's all about winning and making the best deal for Trump.