Did the Kochs ever give the ACLU $20 million? Probably not

Google the words “Kochs” and “ACLU” and you will get more than 5 million hits. Most of the top ones reference a $20 million dollar donation that conservative philanthropists David and Charles Koch gave to the American Civil Liberties Union a decade ago to challenge the PATRIOT Act.

The gift is often cited by conservative and libertarian blogs to defend the Kochs from their liberal critics, since it shows that the brothers are more than just funders of conservative causes.