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   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—even if that means impeaching Attorney General Merrick   
   Garland.   
      
   Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), who is in line to take over the House   
   Judiciary Committee if Republicans prevail in November, didn’t take a   
   Garland impeachment inquiry off the table in an interview with the   
   Washington Free Beacon. 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.   
      
   "That'll be a decision that will be made by the entire conference," Jordan   
   said of an impeachment push.   
      
   The oversight planning is a response to conflict roiling the country   
   following the High Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health   
   Organization. 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’s Revenge has claimed   
   responsibility for more than a dozen acts against pro-life clinics and   
   churches, ranging from vandalism to fire-bombing.   
      
   It is a federal crime to demonstrate outside of a judge’s 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 report.   
      
   Jordan wonders whether the Justice Department and the White House are   
   following a template.   
      
   "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?" Jordan said.   
      
   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.   
      
   The Free Beacon was first to report 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.   
      
   It’s 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 derided 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.   
      
   There have been almost 50 documented instances of violence, vandalism, or   
   intimidation at houses of worship and pro-life clinics since the Dobbs   
   draft leaked, according to a June report from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life   
   America.   
      
   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.   
      
   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’s   
   efforts to combat pro-abortion extremism.   
      
   "Our law enforcement officers are obliged to duly enforce the laws of our   
   country—not just those that are politically suitable to the current   
   administration," Grassley’s letter reads.   
      
   "We're usually the tip of the spear in terms of shining a light on issues   
   and embarrassing an agency into compliance," a Republican Senate aide told   
   the Free Beacon. "The more attention they get for ignoring congressional   
   oversight, the worse it looks for them. And that's a pretty effective   
   tactic for us."   
      
   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’s confirmation.   
      
   "When Republicans reclaim the House in January, they must impeach Attorney   
   General Merrick Garland," Davis told the Free Beacon. "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."   
      
   Published under: Abortion, Impeachment, Jim Jordan, Merrick Garland,   
   Supreme Court   
      
   https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/republicans-weigh-garland-   
   impeachment-as-biden-doj-drags-feet-on-extremist-abortion-protesters/   
      
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