The Department of Justice (DOJ) has fired several prosecutors who weaponized the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to go after pro-life activists during the Biden administration.
CBS News reported Monday evening — before the agency released a bombshell report about the Biden-era DOJ’s abuse of power — that at least four prosecutors had been fired for their role in targeting pro-life Americans with the FACE Act. The DOJ confirmed the firings in a post to X.
“DOJ has terminated the employment of personnel responsible for weaponizing the FACE Act who still remained at the department,” the agency said on social media.
Among those fired on Monday is Sanjay Patel, a federal prosecutor in the Civil Rights Division, who was placed on administrative leave last month, the outlet reported.
Patel — who was the architect behind the Biden DOJ’s pairing of a KKK-era charge called “conspiracy against rights” with the FACE
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