{"id":1971361,"date":"2023-07-12T20:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T00:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chip-roy-spars-with-fbi-director-wray-over-storming-anti-abortion-advocates-house\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T20:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T00:24:02","slug":"rep-chip-roy-spars-with-fbi-director-wray-over-storming-anti-abortion-advocates-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chip-roy-spars-with-fbi-director-wray-over-storming-anti-abortion-advocates-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Roy confronts FBI Director Wray on raiding pro-life activist&#8217;s home."},"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\">22<\/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%2Frep-chip-roy-spars-with-fbi-director-wray-over-storming-anti-abortion-advocates-house%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=1971361&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--><h2>Rep. Chip Roy Grills FBI Director Christopher Wray Over Raid on Anti-Abortion Activist&#8217;s Home<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;How on earth did Mark Houck end up having the FBI send several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-agents-in-texas-school-district-arrest-concerned-parents-in-their-own-homes\/\" title=\"Armed Agents in Texas School District Arrest Concerned Parents in Their Own Homes\">armed agents<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erick-erickson-the-man-who-willingly-crawled-onto-a-pyre-to-be-burned-alive-for-jesus\/\" title=\"Erick Erickson: The Man Who Willingly Crawled Onto a Pyre To Be Burned Alive for Jesus\">local authorities<\/a> to arrest him at gunpoint?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you approve of that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) did not hold back in questioning FBI Director Christopher Wray about the bureau&#8217;s targeting of anti-abortion activist Mark Houck in a raid on his home.<\/p>\n<h3>Wray&#8217;s Response Raises Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about his approval of the raid, Wray insisted that decisions regarding the manner of arrests are not within his purview as the FBI director. He clarified that the raid was conducted by the FBI&#8217;s Philadelphia division.<\/p>\n<p>However, Roy persisted, seeking Wray&#8217;s opinion on the appropriateness of the raid. The Texas congressman pressed Wray for an answer, but the FBI director paused and remained silent.<\/p>\n<h3>Unanswered Questions and Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Roy continued to challenge Wray, questioning the necessity of armed FBI agents and local authorities storming a father&#8217;s home in the Philadelphia suburbs. He highlighted that the arrest occurred a year after the alleged incident and after the father had expressed willingness to appear voluntarily through his lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Roy&#8217;s insistence, Wray refused to second-guess the actions of the career agents involved. This prompted Roy to remind Wray of his responsibility to protect the American people from what he described as a tyrannical FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Disagreement and Debate<\/p>\n<p>Wray disagreed with Roy&#8217;s characterization of the FBI as tyrannical and denied that the agents had stormed Houck&#8217;s house. However, the Republican congressman stood firm in his belief that the FBI&#8217;s actions were excessive and raised concerns about the intrusion into the lives of American families.<\/p>\n<p>Time Constraints Cut Short the Debate<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) ultimately ended the debate on the subject due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-attacks-nasty-vicious-talk-media-after-being-asked-about-chicago-cops-turning-their-backs\/\" title=\"Lori Lightfoot Attacks \u2018Nasty, Vicious Talk,\u2019 Media After Being Asked About Chicago Cops Turning Their Backs\">time constraints<\/a>, leaving many unanswered questions and concerns lingering.<\/p>\n<p>Houck, who was arrested on September 23, 2022, based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chip-roy-spars-with-fbi-director-wray-over-storming-anti-abortion-advocates-house\/\" title=\"Rep. Roy confronts FBI Director Wray on raiding pro-life activist's home.\">federal indictment alleging violations<\/a> of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, was later found not guilty in February.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray in the House Judiciary Committee hearing, demanding an explanation for the armed raid on anti-abortion activist Mark Houck&#8217;s home. Roy sought clarity on how the FBI justified sending armed agents and local authorities to arrest Houck at gunpoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1971362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971361","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=1971361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}