The pervasive lawyer argued during the hearing that the Ministry of Justice (DOJ) of the Biden administration led a “systematic campaign” against protesters of PRO-LIFE who were charged with violating freedom of access to the entrances to the clinic (FICE) and sentenced to this in 2020 prison in 2020 .
Peter Breen, Executive Vice President and Chief of Air Conditional at the Christian Non -profit Lawyer Thomas More Society, testified before a judiciary pododora on Tuesday about the surveillance of criminal prosecution of 23 protesters for life, many of which were part of A large exchange of Washington, DC , Blockade of abortion clinic. President Donald Trump He pardoned all activists in one of their first executive actions in January.
” Biden implement He participated in the systematic campaign for abuse of the power of the Federal Government against the advocate of the pervading, while the same impression ignored hundreds of acts of vandalism and violence against the pro-Lifem churches, pregnancy assistance centers and other advocates, “Breen said.
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Thomas More Society Chief Capa and Executive Vice President Peter Breen testifies to the Committee on the Judiciary Home for “Weapons” Doj -a Administration Biden. (House of Justice Komičeva/Getty Pictures)
The hearing entitled, “Entering the Golden Age: The End of Weapons of the Ministry of Justice,” included testimonies of Chris Swecker, former Assistant FBI, Director of the Criminal Investigation Unit, Jonathan Fahey, a legal partner in Holtman Vogel and Brendan Ballo, an ally prosecutor.
Thomas More Society represented several of the 23 activists for life closed during the 2020 demonstration and called Trump during the first few days in power to pardon them.
“They shouldn’t have been prosecuted”, Trump said While signing. “Many of them are older people. They didn’t have to be prosecuted. It is a great honor to sign it.”
Breen said that the pardons of Trump’s administration sent a “strong message”.
“On behalf of our clients and the Pro-Life movements as a whole, we are grateful to President Trump for his recent pardons and members of this home who supported this effort,” he said. “These pards sent a strong message to the country, and especially millions of Americans in pervasive movementthat the federal government should not be armed against Americans for their sincere beliefs in the sanctity of human life. “
Lauren Handy, Director of Activism for Progressive Abortion Uprising, poses for a portrait in Washington, DC, April 2, 2022. She was one of the 23 pardons president Donald Trump in January. (Eric Lee for Washington Post via Getty Images)
Prosecutors from the Civic Rights Department of Doy -Ai US Lawyer for District Columbia claimed activists for a living He violated the 1994 Face Act, the Federal Law prohibiting physical force, force threats, or intentionally damaging the property to prevent one from obtain or providing abortion services.
“The evidence presented at the trial found that the accused used to use force and physical obstruction to carry out the blockade of the clinic organized by the group leaders,” Biden’s DOJ wrote in his announcement about this Several indictments. “The accused at the beginning of the invasion forced the entry into the clinic, resulted in injury to the nurse. During the blockade, one patient had to climb through the reception window to join the clinic, while the other was laid in the hallway outside the corridor of the clinic in physical distress, incapable of accessing the clinic. “
However, the Law on Face is now the target of movement for pervasive, because the opponents of the law say that it violates the first amendment, limits the freedom of protests and unfairly goals against abortion activists.
“Of course, we Call Congress In order to abolish the law on the face, which is selectively and illegally implemented by the presidential administration of Pro-abortion, “Breen said.” However, in the immediate term, Congress has several other concrete steps that he can take, working with new administration to define the appropriate scope of the law and defend the rights of American people. “
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People participate in the annual Martha for Life rally outside the US Supreme Court on January 19, 2024 in Washington, DC (Photo Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
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House members and witnesses also spent most of the two -hour hearing discussing Inner memory for 2023. Richmond FBI called“The interest of racially or ethnically motivated by violent extremists in radical-trading Catholic ideology Almost certainly it represents new mitigation options. ”
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