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A report released Tuesday by the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) reveals that, under Joe Biden – a self-proclaimed “Catholic” – the DOJ manipulated federal law by aggressively arresting pro-life activists using the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, withholding significant evidence at their trials, and ensuring they were given long prison sentences.

“This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in a statement. “No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The weaponization that happened under the Biden Administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system.”

“We saw internal emails (internal correspondence which is now part of the report) where Department of Justice prosecutors are working hand in hand with NGOs and nonprofits to target and go after pro-life individuals who were not breaking the law,” Blanche also told Fox News Tuesday morning.

Members of the Trump administration’s Weaponization Working Group reviewed some 700,000 internal documents to deliver the 900-page report that provides a detailed account of the aggressive manner in which the FACE Act was enforced following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade and declared no constitutional right to abortion.

The Trump DOJ concluded that, under former Attorney General Merrick Garland, Biden’s Justice Department “weaponized the FACE Act in several key ways,” specifically:

• The Biden DOJ closely collaborated with pro-abortion groups to track pro-life activists’ First Amendment activity. Pro-abortion groups—especially the National Abortion Federation, Planned Parenthood, and Feminist Majority Foundation—capitalized on their relationship with the Biden DOJ to gain internal information and push targets for enforcement. These groups compiled evidence and dossiers that ultimately gave rise to search warrants and charges. The Biden DOJ affirmatively asked pro-abortion groups about pro-life individuals’ travel and constitutionally protected advocacy. The Biden DOJ and career attorneys monitored pro-life activists for years before charging them.
• The Biden DOJ’s prosecutors engaged in inappropriate conduct and comments. Prosecutors knowingly withheld evidence that defense counsel requested to prepare an affirmative defense, tried to screen out jurors based on religion, and authorized aggressive arrest tactics instead of allowing pro-life defendants to self-surrender.
• The Biden DOJ helped a pro-abortion group secure funding. The lead prosecutor on each FACE Act prosecution served as a reference on the National Abortion Federation’s [NAF] application for a private grant. We found no record of ethics approval for the attorney to take an interest in the financial outcome of a party having business before the Biden DOJ.
• The Biden DOJ pursued significantly harsher sentences for pro-life defendants than violent pro-abortion defendants. The Biden DOJ requested an average sentence of 26.8 months for pro-life defendants, compared to 12.3 months for pro-abortion defendants.
• The Biden DOJ violated the rights of Americans through its biased enforcement of the FACE Act. Though the Act was supposed to protect both pro-choice and pro-life facilities, the Biden DOJ provided extensive support to abortion clinics, while ignoring and downplaying vandalism and attacks against pregnancy resource centers.

The report pinpoints a key figure in the Biden DOJ – Civil Rights Division Senior Trial Attorney Sanjay Patel – who led the Biden administration’s FACE Act enforcement in the wake of the Dobbs decision.

As the Trump DOJ observed, the enforcement group “largely ignored pro-life groups while closely coordinating with pro-abortion groups”:

… the Biden DOJ remained in continual contact with pro-abortion groups regarding the FACE Act. Both political leadership and career attorneys drove this relationship. Information flowed two ways. The outside groups provided information, often at DOJ’s request. The Biden DOJ committed to pursuing FACE Act cases to support these group’s interests. The outside groups provided information, often at DOJ’s request. DOJ prosecutors shared information with these groups that they withheld from pro-life groups. And the Biden DOJ provided connections and contacts. Patel even agreed to serve as a reference for NAF on a grant application.

The DOJ reportedly has fired Patel, and at least three other prosecutors who were involved in the FACE Act prosecutions, CBS News observed on Monday morning.

Assistant Attorney General Daniel Burrows, Office of Legal Policy, called the behavior of Biden DOJ attorneys “shameful.”

“Lawyers who should have known better withheld evidence, worked to keep committed religious people off juries, and generally allowed the Department of Justice to be used as the enforcement arm of pro-abortion special interests.”

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