which she was released from jail, but was required to undergo psychiatric counseling as a condition of her release. Upon her formal arraignment in January, Todd would enter a probation program for first-time offenders, after which her record would be expunged if there had been no further offenses. Continued mental health counseling would also be a condition of the probation period. The deal did not require Todd to enter a plea. Prior claim by Todd According to an October 25, 2008 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in February 2008, Todd had claimed that her car's tires had been slashed and campaign material had been stolen from her car because of her support for Republican politician Ron Paul, an opponent of McCain for the Republican presidential nomination. Group leader Dustan Costine told the Post-Gazette that Todd was asked to leave the local Ron Paul grassroots group a month later, after she posed as a Mike Huckabee supporter and called the local Republican committee seeking information about its campaign strategies. See also Racial hoax References 2008 hoaxes 2008 in Pennsylvania American fraudsters Hoaxes in the United States John McCain 2008 presidential campaign October 2008 events in the United States People associated with the 2008 United States presidential election Political controversies in the United States Political forgery Politics and race in the United States Race-related controversies in the United States Racial hoaxes