He is said to have opposed pro-life ideas and was a Christian father of 11 children. held Biden, who was held at gunpoint by the FBI in front of his wife and children and indicted by the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ), is scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday.
Paul Vaughn, who faced 11 years in prison in 2021 for his involvement in a peaceful protest outside an abortion facility in Tennessee, testified specifically about the Justice Department's alleged weaponization of the Freedom of Admissions to Clinics Act (FACE). I plan to. The pro-abortion Biden administration's Justice Department has come under intense scrutiny for using federal law in conjunction with a “conspiracy against rights” to target pro-life activists since the law was enacted in 1994. accounts for almost a quarter of all incidents.
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government is holding The committee said the hearing will be held at 2 p.m. ET and will “examine Biden and Harris' unequal application of the FACE Act.” Bourne's attorney, Steve Crampton, senior counsel for the Thomas More Society, and Erin Hawley, senior counsel and vice president of the Alliance Defending Freedom, will also be on hand.
Vaughn was one of 11 pro-life activists charged over the protests, but ultimately avoided prison time and was sentenced to three years of supervised release in July. Mr. Bone's lawyers are working to appeal his case, which has been consolidated with another similar lawsuit in Washington, D.C., ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's re-entry into the White House. is currently on hold.
The hearing comes as Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) continue to push Congress to repeal the FACE Act. The legislators introduced Bill to be introduced in September 2023 abolition “The Biden administration's Department of Justice is brazenly weaponizing the FACE Act against ordinary, ordinary Americans across the political spectrum simply because they are pro-life,” the law said at the time. he claimed. Roy also said he believes the law is “an unconstitutional takeover of the powers of state police by the federal government.”
President-elect Trump will also issue a special commission in 2023 and again in 2024 to review and potentially pardon or commute the sentences of all “political prisoners who are being unjustly persecuted by the Biden administration,” including pro-life activists. He promised to set up a meeting.
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The FACE Act was signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton. outlaw “Violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to harm, threaten, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services.” Written to provide equal protection for clinics, pro-life pregnancy resource centers, and churches, 97 percent of FACE Act lawsuits since its enactment have been against Pro-life advocate.
“In my opinion, I've been defending FACE Act cases since FACE was adopted in 1994, and it's always been about abortion,” Crampton told Breitbart News this month. “They're doing this blackmail to protect things like churches just to get Republican support and make it bipartisan, but it's always aimed at shutting down the pro-life movement.”
Data obtained by Congressman Roy show In less than four years, Biden's Justice Department has accounted for more than a quarter of all 211 FACE prosecutions. At least 55 FACE Act lawsuits have been filed under the Biden administration, but only five of them were for pro-abortion attacks on pregnancy centers. increase Under attack against Pro-life pregnancy centers and churches following Supreme Court ruling Dobbs decision.
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“I think everything points to these facts. [prosecutions] It's politically motivated. They were basically brought in as punishment after the overthrow of the state. Roe vs. Wade” Crampton said. “And the fact that the Biden administration has created what’s called a reproductive rights task force. Dobbs It just strengthens the case. They worked across departments to effectively carry out a witch hunt against pro-lifers. ”
Crampton said that in light of President Trump's pledge to review and pardon incarcerated pro-life activists, the Thomas More Society is now involved in similar cases, not just the pro-life activists they represent. He said he was working on a formal petition seeking presidential pardon for many of the people who were killed. .
“We are going the extra mile to do the heavy lifting of preparing a formal petition and will turn it over to the Trump transition team in the hopes that Mr. Trump will do just that,” he said. said.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her at @thekat_Hamilton.
