{"id":1656527,"date":"2022-09-24T20:49:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T00:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1656527"},"modified":"2022-09-24T20:50:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T00:50:42","slug":"fbi-swat-team-conducts-early-morning-raid-arrests-pro-life-activist-at-pennsylvania-home-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-swat-team-conducts-early-morning-raid-arrests-pro-life-activist-at-pennsylvania-home-report\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI SWAT Team Conducts Early-Morning Raid, Arrests Pro-Life Activist At Pennsylvania Home: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ffbi-swat-team-conducts-early-morning-raid-arrests-pro-life-activist-at-pennsylvania-home-report%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=1656527&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--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> agents reportedly raided the home of a pro-life activist in Pennsylvania on Friday and arrested him.<\/p>\n<p>A group of between 25 and 30 FBI agents raided the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home of pro-life activist Mark Houck early Friday morning, his family told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/fbi-raids-home-of-catholic-pro-life-speaker-author-with-guns-drawn-as-his-terrified-kids-watch\/\">LifeSite News<\/a>. Houck is the leader of a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia. The arrest seemed to stem from a court case that was dismissed by a federal court in Philadelphia, but was somehow picked up by the Department of Justice, his family said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kids were all just screaming,\u201d Houck\u2019s wife, Ryan-Marie, told LifeSite. \u201cIt was all just very scary and traumatic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan-Marie Houck told the outlet that the group of agents in SWAT gear arrived in 15 vehicles outside the family home at around 7:05 a.m. Friday morning. The agents quickly surrounded the house and began pounding on the door, demanding they open up. Houck reportedly tried to get the agents to calm down, noting that his seven children were scared, but the agents kept shouting. \u201c[T]hey had big, huge rifles pointed at Mark and pointed at me and kind of pointed throughout the house,\u201d his wife said.<\/p>\n<p>Houck and his wife asked the agents why they were there, to which the agents allegedly replied that they were there to arrest him. His wife asked for a warrant, but \u201cthey said that they were going to take him whether they had a warrant or not,\u201d Ryan-Marie Houck recalled. She protested, saying that what the agents were doing was tantamount to kidnapping. Only then did they provide a copy of the warrant. Shortly afterward, Houck was apparently taken out and put into one of the vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>But the FBI agents quickly softened once they realized the distress they had inflicted on the family, Houck\u2019s wife recounted. \u201cAfter they had taken Mark, and the kids were all screaming that he was their best friend, the [agents] kind of softened a bit,\u201d she said. \u201cI think they realized what was happening. Or maybe they actually looked at the warrant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey looked pretty ashamed at what had just happened,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>According to the warrant, shared by LifeSite reporter Patrick Delaney, Houck\u2019s arrest stems from an indictment on charges of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994, specifically for \u201cattack[ing] a patient escort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to his wife, Houck was providing sidewalk counseling at abortion centers in Philadelphia last year, and had taken his then 12-year-old son. On multiple occasions over weeks, a \u201cpro-abortion protestor\u201d allegedly shouted vulgarities and insults at the boy. Houck repeatedly told the protestor not to speak to his son, but the protestor continued to encroach on the boy\u2019s personal space, still spewing vulgarities. Finally, Houck shoved the man away, causing him to fall down. The protestor was not injured, but tried to sue Houck. Though the case was thrown out this summer, it was somehow picked up by the DOJ, Ryan-Marie Houck said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Below is the first page of the warrant issued for the FBI SWAT raid of Catholic pro-life speaker, author and sidewalk councilor, Mike Houck. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XeVLhbxAYI\">pic.twitter.com\/XeVLhbxAYI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Delaney (@PatrickDDelaney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickDDelaney\/status\/1573734662404464642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conservative leaders slammed the FBI raid as another example of the political weaponization of the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn case you hadn\u2019t caught on already, the satanic Biden administration is waging war on Christians,\u201d Daily Wire podcast host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/1573728542851989505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573728542851989505%7Ctwgr%5E1a62cd352de70826745c08e902dc25e229ca1280%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fmichaeljknowles2Fstatus2F1573728542851989505widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Knowles<\/a> tweeted, linking to the original report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a disgrace and should not be happening in America,\u201d LifeSite co-founder and editor-in-chief <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JhWesten\/status\/1573674686860369921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573674686860369921%7Ctwgr%5Ee8aa56f0801b09c39ddb37919061847777556fad%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FJhWesten2Fstatus2F1573674686860369921widget%3DTweet\">John Henry Westen<\/a> wrote on Twitter. \u201cPray for Mark Houck and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, a man who does nothing but run an org that teaches men to be strong Catholics and sidewalk counsels outside Planned Parenthoods had 30 armed federal agents sent to his house and is now facing jail time over an incident that resulted in a failed lawsuit,\u201d conservative digital strategist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1573774482501734401\">Greg Price<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI has turned into Biden\u2019s secret police force,\u201d Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonnyJacksonTX\/status\/1573773257823719424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573773257823719424%7Ctwgr%5E9fd93b64c047fb33205bc6c74c9dbfab2d487cc8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FRonnyJacksonTX2Fstatus2F1573773257823719424widget%3DTweet\">Ronny Jackson<\/a>\u00a0(R-TX) wrote. \u201cSending a small army of heavily armed agents to raid Mark Houck\u2019s home should frighten EVERY American. The FBI using fear &#038; intimidation tactics to go after conservatives needs to END!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe continued weaponization of the FBI and persecution by Joe Biden\u2019s DOJ against ordinary Americans is an outrage,\u201d Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dougmastriano\/status\/1573772157565521920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573772157565521920%7Ctwgr%5Ee468f64cce0702bb7ed21fe44c2c182dc200cf89%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fdougmastriano2Fstatus2F1573772157565521920widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Mastriano<\/a> said in a statement. \u201cCitizens across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania join me in expressing our outrage at this early-morning raid executed on a young family. This show of force carried out by the Biden regime against ordinary Americans is an abuse of power that stands against the fundamental principles our nation was founded on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI agents reportedly raided the home of a pro-life activist in Pennsylvania on Friday and arrested him. A group of between 25 and 30 FBI agents raided the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home of pro-life activist Mark Houck early Friday morning, his family told LifeSite News. Houck is the leader of a nonprofit group that provides &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1656529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1656527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1656527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1656529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1656527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1656527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1656527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}