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Firebombed Wisconsin Pro-Life Center Has Not Heard From FBI Since May
A Wisconsin pro-life organization set ablaze and vandalized with the message “If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either” says it has not communicated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the horrifying attack since May, when the attack originally occurred. Wisconsin Family Action, the 501(c)(4) arm of Wisconsin Family Council, said earlier this year…Mary Margaret Olohan -
‘Guns Pointed at Me’: FBI Arrests Father of 11 in Front of His Children for Pro-Life Work
The Federal Bureau of Investigation this week arrested a pro-life father of 11 children, charging him with “conspiracy against rights secured by the FACE Act, and committing FACE Act violations.” Paul Vaughn of Centerville, Tennessee, told The Daily Signal in a Friday phone interview that FBI came to the door of his home, “guns pointed…Mary Margaret Olohan -
FBI Won’t Provide Updates, Say Whether It Has Arrested Anyone Over Attacks on Pro-Life Organizations, Centers, Churches
The Federal Bureau of Investigation will not share whether it has made any arrests related to attacks on pro-life centers, organizations, and Catholic churches following the leak of the Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. At least 83 Catholic churches and 73 pregnancy resource centers or pro-life organizations have been attacked since the draft…Mary Margaret Olohan -
FBI Reportedly Raid Home ‘Guns Drawn,’ 11 Pro-Life Activists Charged for Blocking Abortion Clinic
Amid accusations that it is targeting pro-lifers to silence and intimidate, the Justice Department has charged 11 more pro-life activists with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for blocking the entrance of an abortion clinic in 2021. The 11 activists were charged with FACE Act violations stemming from their 2021 “blockade”…Mary Margaret Olohan -
‘Never Had FBI Agents Show Up on the Sidewalk Before’: Pro-Life Group Claims FBI Questioned Volunteer By Planned Parenthood
A pro-life sidewalk counseling group warned members Tuesday that President Joe Biden's Justice Department is determined to intimidate pro-life organizations, claiming that two FBI agents showed up to question a pro-life activist praying outside Planned Parenthood – St. Paul – Vandalia Health Center. In an email obtained by The Daily Signal, Pro-Life Action Ministries Executive…Mary Margaret Olohan -
Pro-Life Father Arrested by FBI Pleads Not Guilty
Mark Houck, a pro-life, Catholic activist arrested last week by the FBI, plead not guilty to federal charges on Tuesday related to an October 2021 incident wherein he allegedly pushed an abortion clinic volunteer. Authorities have charged Houck with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which criminalizes the use of force…Mary Margaret Olohan -
FBI, Justice Department Twist Federal Law to Arrest, Charge Pro-Life Activist
In an early morning raid Friday in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, about two dozen FBI agents with weapons drawn pounded on the door of Mark Houck’s home, where he lives with his wife and seven children. The FBI agents arrested Houck based on a federal indictment. Sounds serious, right? Is Houck a domestic terrorist, an American jihadist, a…Hans von Spakovsky -
FBI Agents Raid Home, Arrest Pro-Life Advocate in Front of Wife and Children
Mark Houck, a pro-life advocate and father of seven, woke up Friday morning to a team of FBI agents raiding his home in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania. Houck’s wife, Ryan-Marie, told Life Site News that 25-30 FBI agents entered their home around 7 a.m. “The kids were all just screaming. It was all just very scary and…Gillian Richards -
To Help Biden, FBI Interfered With 2020 Election
As if the FBI’s reputation were not already in tatters, we have yet another bombshell, courtesy of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about FBI malfeasance during the 2020 election. It turns out that the FBI used its previously concocted Russia hoax as an excuse to pressure Facebook to censor the factually correct Hunter Biden laptop…Will Thibeau -
Spotlight on FBI: Understanding the Trump Raid, Jan. 6, and Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
You’ve seen the headlines: President Joe Biden and his Justice Department are weaponizing law enforcement to target the left’s political opponents. It’s happening with the prosecutions of Jan. 6 protesters, the relentless attacks on Trump administration officials, and former President Donald Trump himself. The raid on Trump’s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, was among the most blatant…Rob Bluey -
Greta Van Susteren Shares What You Need to Know About FBI Raid on Trump
Many questions remain unanswered since the FBI’s Aug. 8 raid on the Florida home of former President Donald Trump. “First of all, make no mistake about it. There are rules that the president is not supposed to keep records,” veteran journalist and lawyer Greta Van Susteren says. “The public records—I’m talking about the non-classified ones—do…Samantha Aschieris -
The FBI Has Become Dangerous to Americans
The FBI is dissolving before our eyes into a rogue security service akin to those in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Take the FBI’s deliberately asymmetrical application of the law. This week the bureau surprise-raided the home of former President Donald Trump—an historical first. A massive phalanx of FBI agents swooped into the Trump…Victor Davis Hanson -
The Day the FBI Raided Trump
This week, the FBI raided the Florida home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. It based its raid on the purported rationale that it suspected Trump of having mishandled classified information, taking home materials meant for the National Archives. According to The New York Times, the search “appeared to be focused on material that…Ben Shapiro -
America Has a Two-Tiered Justice System and the FBI Just Proved It
Unless scores of witnesses saw Donald Trump stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot someone, the FBI’s raid of his Mar-a-Lago home represents an unforgivable politicization of our justice system. The proof rests in the peaceful, undisturbed abodes of Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, Jim Biden, James Comey, Stefan Halper, Rodney Joffe, and every other…Margot Cleveland -
GOP Rep. Scott Perry Says FBI Agents Seized His Cellphone
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., had his cellphone seized by FBI agents Tuesday, the day after the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago, he told Fox News. Agents confronted Perry while he was traveling with his family and seized his phone without making an attempt to contact his attorney, who would have turned…Laurel Duggan -
GOP Lawmakers Vow Probe of FBI Raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Following an FBI raid Monday on former President Donald Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Republican members of Congress are vowing to launch an investigation into what they view as a blatantly partisan political Justice Department if they retake control of the House of Representatives in November. “Since they took office, the Biden administration has…Douglas Blair -
4 Key Questions After FBI Raids Trump’s Home
The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, has raised questions about Trump’s future as well as the propriety of the Biden administration’s unprecedented actions in conducting the predawn search Monday. Federal agents’ descent on Trump’s estate in Palm Beach is an unprecedented legal and historical matter. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre…Fred Lucas -
US ‘Corrupt at a Level Not Seen Before’: Trump’s Home Raided by FBI
Former President Donald Trump said Monday evening his home had been raided by a “large group of FBI agents.” “Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before,” Trump said in a statement. “After working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not…Katrina Trinko -
Today’s FBI Partisans Tarnish Agency’s Already Damaged Image
The FBI is damaging its credibility with the American people. The latest revelations from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, about the political partisans who occupy the ranks of the most powerful law enforcement agency in the country are, if true, deeply disturbing. The trust the FBI once enjoyed, and which it needs if it is to…Hans von Spakovsky -
Still No Arrests by FBI in Attacks on 27 Pregnancy Centers
Six days after the FBI announced a formal investigation into a series of attacks against churches and pro-life organizations, the agency seems to be following through but apparently has made no arrests. The Washington Stand contacted 27 pregnancy resource centers and pro-life organizations that had been attacked since May 2. Four of the centers said…Dan Hart