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Justice Department fires 4 prosecutors accused of bias against anti-abortion activists (apnews.com)

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The Trump administration fired four Justice Department prosecutors involved in cases against anti-abortion activists, accusing the Biden administration on Tuesday of abusing a law designed to protect abortion clinics from obstruction and threats.

The firings are the latest wave of terminations of employees involved in cases criticized by conservatives or because they were perceived as insufficiently loyal to President Donald Trump’s agenda. The terminations came before the release of a report accusing the Biden administration of biased prosecutions under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act or “FACE Act.”

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Blockade the entrance to an abortion clinic and you're a “peaceful pro-life protesters” exercising your First Amendment rights.

Blockade the entrance to an ICE facility and you're a "violent antifa terrorist" committing insurrection.

“This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice,” Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said in a statement. “No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs.