Posted on 03/22/2006 2:24:37 PM PST by Sub-Driver
POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Kerry's Defense Fund
By ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago
John Kerry is still fighting at least one leftover battle from his failed 2004 presidential bid.
The Massachusetts senator recently created a defense fund to pay his legal costs in a federal defamation lawsuit filed last fall by a Pennsylvania filmmaker, Carlton Sherwood.
Sherwood alleged that Kerry and a top aide sought to "discredit and silence" him while blocking the broadcast of his anti-Kerry documentary during the final weeks of the race.
The film, "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," alleges Kerry's actions as an anti-war activist after he returned home from the Vietnam War harmed American POWs. Kerry lied about atrocities by U.S. soldiers as a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, according to the film.
Kerry has vigorously denied the charges.
"You can count on the right wing reaching into their deep pockets to spread a lie, so our job is to make sure the truth prevails and knock back Republican Swift Boat-style attacks forever," David Wade, a spokesman for the Democratic senator, said Wednesday.
Kerry has not begun raising money using his new legal expense trust, "Fund for Truth and Honor," Wade said. Kerry filed a motion to dismiss the suit in December.
The defamation suit was filed in Philadelphia by producer Sherwood and the Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation. Thomas Manning, an attorney for Sherwood and the group, declined comment.
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Have you ever noticed how rich people need a defense fund. He could easily pay but NO send the rich man money.
HELL NO HE NEVER SIGNED A 180.
In any case, all the records have supposedly been released and we have to take the Globe's word for what they do and don't contain.
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