Posted on 10/24/2022 6:40:48 PM PDT by marshmallow
Denver Newsroom, Oct 12, 2022 / 18:30 pm Republican House and Senate lawmakers wrote Wednesday to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to request information about the recent spate of arrests and indictments of nonviolent pro-life people, contrasting those investigations with the relative silence from the FBI on the many documented arson and vandalism attacks against pro-life entities this year.
In the Oct. 12 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, more than three dozen Republican lawmakers asked why the bureau appears to be targeting pro-life people disproportionately under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act — which is designed to protect pro-life clinics as well as abortion clinics.
“Overzealous prosecutions under the FACE Act weaponize the power of federal law enforcement against American citizens in what should firmly be state and local matters. Further, these abuses of federal power against pro-life Americans based solely on their beliefs undermine the American people’s trust in the FBI,” the lawmakers wrote.
The letter was organized by Texas Rep. Chip Roy and Utah Sen. Mike Lee.
The FACE Act, passed in 1994, is a federal law that prohibits, among other things, the blocking of access to abortion clinics. According to the DOJ, the statute is intended to protect all patients, providers, and facilities that provide reproductive health services, “including pro-life pregnancy counseling services and any other pregnancy support facility providing reproductive health care.” The law also protects freedom of access to houses of worship.
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Expect it to get worse if we enter into a lame duck period.
Republicans request.
Democrats demand, subpoena, raid, and arrest.
“Requests? We never received any requests!”
Under what constitutional clause does Congress get the power to block protests of baby murder?
It is clear that congressional scrutiny of the FBI’s use of the FACE Act is needed to ensure the FBI is applying it as Congress intended and, if not, to determine whether the FBI can continue to be trusted with this authority. Therefore, we request a briefing by October 20, 2022, on the FBI’s use of the FACE Act, and specifically request answers to the following questions:
1. How many FACE Act investigations has the FBI opened in 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019 respectively?
2. Of the FACE Act investigations opened in 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019, how many of these cases involve:
a. Abortion facilities?
b. Pregnancy centers?
c. Churches or houses of worship?
3. How many of these cases involve subjects with charges previously dismissed or sentenced by state courts?
4. What criteria does the FBI use when determining whether to open a case under the FACE Act that was previously dismissed by state courts?
5. What resources are the FBI currently committing to FACE Act investigations?
6. Has the Department of Justice issued any new guidance, memos, or internal correspondence regarding FACE Act investigations since the Dobbs decision was handed down by the Supreme Court? If yes, please provide such documents.
Does anyone know if this briefing ever occurred?
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