Posted on 05/22/2019 8:56:16 PM PDT by Hostage
David Daleiden
Journalists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, who exposed suspect dealings at taxpayer-funded abortion mill Planned Parenthood via undercover videos, were denied a request to halt criminal prosecution, a press release from The Thomas More Society said on Friday.
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Last month, the California Supreme Court issued a stay in the high-profile case based on "political bias and selective prosecution." But now the case is moving forward.
Daleiden and Merritt were hit with 15 felony charges in March of 2017 for their undercover work. The charges were widely decried for their threat to journalists, including by the left-wing Los Angeles Times. "Felony charges are a disturbing overreach for the duo behind the Planned Parenthood sting videos," a headline for the outlet warned.
Vice President and Senior Counsel at the Thomas More Society Peter Breen, who is part of Mr. Daleidens legal team, blasted the denial to cease prosecution.
"This decision to deny David Daleidens Petition for Review means that [California Attorney General] Xavier Becerra, as Planned Parenthood's prosecutor-in-chief, will be able to continue his unconstitutional harassment of David, bringing charges against him that don't pass the 'red face test,'" said Breen.
AG Becerra is an ally of Planned Parenthood; he took over for now-presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). Live Action reports on the potential conflict of interest:
Becerra has publicly promised to stand with Planned Parenthood, and both he and his predecessor, now Senator Kamala Harris, have received thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the pro-abortion organization. Both Harris and Becerra maintained their close relationship with Planned Parenthood and its entities even after proceeding with the investigation against Daleiden and Merritt. According to Daleidens representation, the Thomas More Society, Planned Parenthood even sponsored and hosted Becerras election night victory party.
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Videos from Daleiden and Merritt, then working for the Center for Medical Progress, shook the country in 2015. Americans saw parts of unborn babies killed by abortion and witnessed Planned Parenthood executives appear to haggle over prices of said body parts. Planned Parenthood, however, claimed they are merely being reimbursed for the costs of prepping and transferring the body parts.
"Daleiden, along with co-conspirator Sandra Merritt, used manufactured identities and a fictitious bioresearch company to meet women's healthcare providers and covertly record the private discussions they initiated," Becerra alleged, according to the Christian Post.
"The right to privacy is a cornerstone of California's Constitution, and a right that is foundational in a free democratic society We will not tolerate the criminal recording of confidential conversations," he added.
"The public knows the real criminals are Planned Parenthood and their business partners like StemExpress and DV Biologics currently being prosecuted in California who have harvested and sold aborted baby body parts for profit for years in direct violation of state and federal law," Daleiden contended after charges were handed down.
It has also been determined by a federal appellate court that videos from the Center for Medical Progress were not "deceptively edited," as claimed by the pro-abortion Left.
As noted by Live Action, "The court will now reschedule a preliminary hearing as the case against Merritt moves forward. During this hearing, Becerra will present evidence to try and convince the judge that Merritt and Daleiden should stand trial before a jury on fifteen felony charges related to their undercover videos."
pelase note I’m not making fun of dyslexics, I’m not dyslexic myself, but my typing finger is ( It’s a neurological problem for me-Thank goodness for spell check lol)
Oh he’ll get away with it. For awhile.
He’ll be creating martyrs (Revelation 14) who will show up in Revelation 20:4.
I’m preaching to the choir, I know.
Blessings
“The right to privacy is a cornerstone of California’s Constitution, and a right that is foundational in a free democratic society We will not tolerate the criminal recording of confidential conversations,” he [AG Becerra] added.
That he says this with a straight face in a state that houses both Google and Facebook while doing nothing about them should tell you a lot about Becerra.
BUMP
OMG!! Black is white....Good is bad....We live in an INSANE COUNTRY! GOD HELP US!
Democrats are VILE, EVIL, VICIOUS, LYING DESTROYERS of Good People!!
Siding with the Muslims way of life, good choice
Where are the boycotts of California...?
Here. I used to travel on vacation there often. Have not in quite awhile.
I haven’t set foot in CA in decades.
Political show trial in a Kangaroo Court
Hit back hard.
Elect Trial by Judge and Jury.
The 1st amendment, Freedom of Speech, is on trial.
The defendants are GENUINE journalists.
Keep her away from me. I have an intensely high sperm count.
( sarc.)
Funny. 999. Bummer for Satan. Sounds like a Twilight Zone plot.
I wanted to record a county inspector soliciting a bribe, but it turns out it’s a felony here to do so. Given that I had no proof that was what was going on, I couldn’t even file a report as this is a small county and it seems everyone in every office is related.
I complained to his office just explaining the unbelievable things he was asking for and got a different inspector who signed off. But there are only three inspectors in the whole county. It’s a miserable situation as they all have my number now.
DIES irae, dies illa, solvet saeculum in favilla, teste David cum Sibylla. |
THAT day of wrath, that dreadful day, shall heaven and earth in ashes lay, as David and the Sybil say. |
Quantus tremor est futurus, quando iudex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus! |
What horror must invade the mind when the approaching Judge shall find and sift the deeds of all mankind! |
Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum. |
The mighty trumpet's wondrous tone shall rend each tomb's sepulchral stone and summon all before the Throne. |
Mors stupebit et natura, cum resurget creatura, iudicanti responsura. |
Now death and nature with surprise behold the trembling sinners rise to meet the Judge's searching eyes. |
Liber scriptus proferetur, in quo totum continetur, unde mundus iudicetur. |
Then shall with universal dread the Book of Consciences be read to judge the lives of all the dead. |
Iudex ergo cum sedebit, quidquid latet apparebit: nil inultum remanebit. |
For now before the Judge severe all hidden things must plain appear; no crime can pass unpunished here. |
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? quem patronum rogaturus? cum vix iustus sit securus. |
O what shall I, so guilty plead? and who for me will intercede? when even Saints shall comfort need? |
Rex tremendae maiestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me, fons pietatis. |
O King of dreadful majesty! grace and mercy You grant free; as Fount of Kindness, save me! |
Recordare Iesu pie, quod sum causa tuae viae: ne me perdas illa die. |
Recall, dear Jesus, for my sake you did our suffering nature take then do not now my soul forsake! |
Quaerens me, sedisti lassus: redemisti crucem passus: tantus labor non sit cassus. |
In weariness You sought for me, and suffering upon the tree! let not in vain such labor be. |
Iuste iudex ultionis, donum fac remissionis, ante diem rationis. |
O Judge of justice, hear, I pray, for pity take my sins away before the dreadful reckoning day. |
Ingemisco, tamquam reus: culpa rubet vultus meus: supplicanti parce Deus. |
Your gracious face, O Lord, I seek; deep shame and grief are on my cheek; in sighs and tears my sorrows speak. |
Qui Mariam absolvisti, et latronem exaudisti, mihi quoque spem dedisti. |
You Who did Mary's guilt unbind, and mercy for the robber find, have filled with hope my anxious mind. |
Preces meae non sunt dignae: sed tu bonus fac benigne, ne perenni cremer igne. |
How worthless are my prayers I know, yet, Lord forbid that I should go into the fires of endless woe. |
Inter oves locum praesta, et ab haedis me sequestra, statuens in parte dextera. |
Divorced from the accursed band, o make me with Your sheep to stand, as child of grace, at Your right Hand. |
Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis. voca me cum benedictis. |
When the doomed can no more flee from the fires of misery with the chosen call me. |
Oro supplex et acclinis, cor contritum quasi cinis: gere curam mei finis. |
Before You, humbled, Lord, I lie, my heart like ashes, crushed and dry, assist me when I die. |
Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla. iudicandus homo reus: huic ergo parce Deus. |
Full of tears and full of dread is that day that wakes the dead, calling all, with solemn blast to be judged for all their past. |
Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Amen. |
Lord, have mercy, Jesus blest, grant them all Your Light and Rest. Amen. |
Democrats are corrupt scum.
Someone needs to go after Xavier Becerra for making off with the computer evidence in the Pakistani IT spy case
The politicians are deathly afraid of the wrath of militant fangtooth feminazis and are willing to throw innocent people into jail to please the feminazis and assure the votes and money keep coming.
I despise this wetback AG. He needs to be aborted.
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