Trump urges Biden DOJ to pardon pro-life protesters
A conservative law firm is calling on President-elect Donald Trump to pardon 21 pro-lifers accused by the Biden administration when he returns to the White House next week.
Attorneys for the Thomas More Society filed a formal request to the incoming administration for a “full and conditional” amnesty for nearly two dozen pro-life Americans who demonstrated at abortion facilities and pleaded guilty to violating the FACE Act and conspiracy against rights.
The law of FACE It makes it a federal crime to use “threats of force, obstruction, or destruction of property intended to interfere with reproductive health care services.” In the year The 1994 law was used by President Biden’s Justice Department after the failure of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 to forcefully prosecute pro-lifers.
The Thomas More Society’s petition calls on Trump to fire Joan Bell, Coleman Boyd, Joel Keary, Jonathan Darnell, Eva Edle, Chester Gallagher, William Goodman, Dennis Green, Lauren Handy, Paulette Hallow, John Hinshaw, Heather Edwin, Jean Marshall, Fr. . Fidelis Mossinski, Justin Phillips, Paul Botta, Paul Vaughn, Bevlin Beatty Williams, Calvin Zastrow, Eva Zastrow and James Zastrow.
President-elect Donald Trump has pleaded with the Thomas More Society to pardon 21 pro-life activists when he takes office next week. (AP Photo/Getty Images)
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“These pacifist Americans include grandparents, pastors, Holocaust survivors and Catholic priests – all selfless, sincere patriots,” the petition’s cover letter reads.
While Biden’s prosecutors have completely ignored the firebombing and destruction of hundreds of pro-life churches and pregnancy centers, they have accused Americans of conspiracy under the federal ‘Face Law’ and the Ku Klux Klan Act. Criminal Provisions of Rights.”
“… Such peaceful acts are often good, at worst, minor offenses. And if they had opposed anything but abortion, Joe Biden would have given them a medal – instead, he would have wanted them labeled ‘convicted felons’ and imprisoned for years. Federal prison,” the letter continues.
In 2020, 10 defendants received sentences ranging from 10 months to 57 months for participating in an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C. In May, Paulette Hallow, 75, was sentenced to two years in prison and Lauren Handy, 30, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison.
A pro-life protester holds a sign in front of EMW Women’s Surgery Center, an abortion clinic, on May 8, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. ((Photo by John Cherry/Getty Images))
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in The letter they wrote to TrumpThomas More’s lawyers have outlined the legal reasons why they believe the defendants’ convictions are “deadly and patently unjust”.
The legal team also submitted 21 individual pardon requests that have not been made public, detailing each person’s case, moral character and why they should be pardoned.
“Through these requests for 21 peaceful pro-life presidential pardons, we urge President Trump to right the serious wrongdoing of the Biden administration’s weaponization of the Justice Department,” said Steve Crampton, senior counsel for the Thomas More Society.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
“These 21 pro-lifers, many of whom are now in prison for bravely standing up for unborn lives, are upstanding citizens and pillars of their communities. With a full and unconditional pardon for these pro-lifers, President Trump has a chance at redress. Delivering on promises and restoring faith in our constitutional system,” the statement continued.
Pro-life protesters outside the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Maganda)
Four more pro-life protesters face jail time after being charged with violating the Face Law
Trump criticized the Biden administration for prosecuting these pro-life protesters and hinted that he would consider pardoning them.
At the September 2023 Prayer Voice Position Conference, Trump proposed. Biden administration considers pardoning pro-life protesters
“These Marxists and Stalinists in the administration have convicted five pro-life activists who face up to 11 years in prison for simple acts of protest,” he said. “Under Biden, others are being sentenced to 10, 15 and even 20 years in prison in retaliation for their political beliefs, and Antifa and other groups have burned down cities like Portland and Minneapolis.”
“To reverse these brutal miscarriages of justice tonight, the moment I win the election, I will appoint a special task force to expeditiously address the cases of every political prisoner wrongfully persecuted by the Biden administration,” he added. “
In the year Pro-life marchers listen to President Donald Trump speak at the 47th annual “March for Life” in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2020. Trump was the first US president to address the country’s largest annual anti-terror gathering in person. – Abortion fighters. (Olivier Dollery/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump You picked up. Again on at least two occasions in 2024.
Last June, the Faith and Freedom Coalition specifically mentioned the case of 75-year-old Paul Harlow.
“A lot of people are in jail because of that,” Trump said. “… We’ll take care of that right away (on day one).”
In the year Under the Biden regime.”
