{"id":1547743,"date":"2022-07-11T05:04:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T09:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1547743"},"modified":"2022-07-11T05:04:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T09:04:26","slug":"republicans-weigh-garland-impeachment-as-biden-doj-drags-feet-on-extremist-abortion-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-weigh-garland-impeachment-as-biden-doj-drags-feet-on-extremist-abortion-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Weigh Garland Impeachment As Biden DOJ Drags Feet on Extremist Abortion Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-weigh-garland-impeachment-as-biden-doj-drags-feet-on-extremist-abortion-protesters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1547743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The Biden Justice Department has yet to take action against abortion extremists menacing pro-life clinics and members of the Supreme Court. Republican lawmakers are resolved to hold leadership accountable after the midterm elections\u2014even if that means impeaching Attorney General Merrick Garland.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), who is in line to take over the House Judiciary Committee if Republicans prevail in November, didn\u2019t take a Garland impeachment inquiry off the table in an interview with the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. Jordan cited a range of alleged misconduct, from failure to enforce black-letter law to protect clinics and justices, to secret collusion with leftwing groups opposed to parents protesting woke curricula changes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;ll be a decision that will be made by the entire conference,&#8221; Jordan said of an impeachment push.<\/p>\n<p>The oversight planning is a response to conflict roiling the country following the High Court\u2019s decision in <em>Dobbs<\/em> v. <em>Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>. Pro-abortion protesters tried running Justice Brett Kavanaugh out of a downtown Washington, D.C., steakhouse on Wednesday night, weeks after a gunman came to his home planning to assassinate him. And the militant pro-abortion network Jane\u2019s Revenge has claimed responsibility for more than a dozen acts against pro-life clinics and churches, ranging from vandalism to fire-bombing.<\/p>\n<p>It is a federal crime to demonstrate outside of a judge\u2019s home with intent to influence deliberations. Regular pro-abortion demonstrations outside the homes of the conservative justices seem to fit that bill exactly. The Justice Department has taken no action against protesters as of this writing. Local police told inquiring neighbors that federal agencies are declining to enforce the judicial anti-picketing law, according to a Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kavanaugh-neighbor-pro-choice-protesters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan wonders whether the Justice Department and the White House are following a template.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The key question we would like to find out, if in fact the American people put us in control, is was this similar to what happened with parents at school board meetings? In other words, was the Biden White House working with some outside left wing influence groups, and also then communicating that information to the DOJ?&#8221; Jordan said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Republican added that a dozen whistleblowers have quietly come forward to speak about the Biden Justice Department and FBI matters, though he declined to get into specifics.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Free Beacon<\/em> was first to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/report-reveals-white-house-involvement-in-letter-that-compared-parents-to-domestic-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> that White House aides colluded with the National School Boards Association to push the Justice Department into investigating parents protesting critical race theory and gender ideology as domestic terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a federal crime to attack or destroy houses of worship and clinics for pregnant women. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who enforces those laws, has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/pro-life-facilities-are-under-attack-a-top-doj-official-called-them-fake-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">derided<\/a> pro-life clinics in the past. While Biden administration officials have shared intelligence assessments with clerics and local law enforcement, the administration has yet to make even a single arrest or indictment related to dozens of attacks on churches and pro-life crisis pregnancy centers.<\/p>\n<p>There have been almost 50 documented instances of violence, vandalism, or intimidation at houses of worship and pro-life clinics since the <em>Dobbs<\/em> draft leaked, according to a June report from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans will be better positioned than their Senate counterparts to force Biden officials to cooperate if they stonewall investigators. Senate committee rules incentivize, but do not require, bipartisan cooperation when issuing subpoenas. The House has no such constraints. And House committees have historically taken the lead on compelled testimony and sharing of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Republican senators are putting public pressure on federal law enforcement to take immediate action. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray in June requesting a briefing on the bureau\u2019s efforts to combat pro-abortion extremism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our law enforcement officers are obliged to duly enforce the laws of our country\u2014not just those that are politically suitable to the current administration,&#8221; Grassley\u2019s letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re usually the tip of the spear in terms of shining a light on issues and embarrassing an agency into compliance,&#8221; a Republican Senate aide told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;The more attention they get for ignoring congressional oversight, the worse it looks for them. And that&#8217;s a pretty effective tactic for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Outside groups are also pressing GOP lawmakers for accountability. Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, said there is ample reason to remove Garland from office. Davis was nominations chief for Grassley during the Kavanaugh confirmation and led the outside support team for Justice Neil Gorsuch\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Republicans reclaim the House in January, they must impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland,&#8221; Davis told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;There must be consequences for his dangerous dereliction of duty that has led to highly dangerous attacks on the Supreme Court of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden Justice Department has yet to take action against abortion extremists menacing pro-life clinics and members of the Supreme Court. 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