12 Senate Judiciary members sent a letter to Attorney General Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for an explanation of 'the extraordinary fact pattern' of the prosecution and arrest of pro-life activist, Mark Houck.
requires additional information from the Justice Department and the FBI relating to why Mr. Houck was not allowed to self-report for his arrest and arraignment and whether political considerations were made to approve and execute the search warrant," they wrote.
The FACE Act makes it a federal crime, with potentially steep fines and jail time, to use or threaten to use force to"injure, intimidate, or interfere" with a person seeking reproductive health services. The senators said in their letter that Eve did not respond to Heffron after at least two other attempts, and that Heffron,"made clear to the committee that he and Mr. Houck were cooperative with the Justice Department; however, in return the Justice Department failed to communicate with them."
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