You will recall how a Texas grand jury investigating whether or not Planned Parenthood was trafficking in fetal tissue, as revealed in some undercover videos, instead indicted the video makers, for trafficking in fetal tissue, since they posed as buyers to the abortionists eager to sell their products. The filmmakers were also charged for using fake IDs, which is punishable by 20 years in prison.
Pro-abortionists rejoiced at the prospect of imprisoning the journalists who exposed them. But a Houston judge has dismissed all charges against the filmmakers.
From Michael Avramovich, A Random Act Of Justice – Mere Comments:
Earlier this week, Houston, Texas, prosecutors dropped all charges against David Robert Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. You may recall that Mr. Daleiden and Ms. Merritt were behind a series of undercover videos that showed Planned Parenthood executives conspiring to traffic body parts harvested from aborted babies. Mr. Daleiden and Ms. Merritt were indicted by a Harris County, Texas, grand jury last January, and Mr. Daleiden was charged by the Harris County District Attorney’s office with attempting to solicit a sale of human organs. (But doesn’t buying fetal tissue also require a seller as well? But I digress.) Interestingly, organ trafficking in Texas is deemed a misdemeanor. And both Mr. Daleiden and Ms. Merritt were indicted for tampering with a government record, which is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. (Just wait until college students in Texas hear about that!). . . . .
There was a great deal of prosecutorial mischief in this case. You may logically wonder why Planned Parenthood was not investigated and brought before a grand jury as well. After all, even if organ trafficking is simply a misdemeanor in Texas, Mr. Daleiden’s undercover videos show multiple Planned Parenthood executives conspiring to traffic human organs for profit. And yet, the prosecutors refused to seek any charges against Planned Parenthood for organ trafficking. The grand jury members were never even asked to vote to indict Planned Parenthood. Adding to the mischief, Lauren Reeder, Esq., a prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney’s office, was a board member of one of the Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates targeted by Mr. Daleiden and Ms. Merritt.
In addition, Planned Parenthood’s attorney, Josh Schaffer, Esq., admitted to colluding with the prosecutors to bring charges against Mr. Daleiden. Mr. Schaffer admitted, under oath, that the Harris County District Attorney’s office broke the law by sharing evidence against Mr. Daleiden with him, despite the fact that the Texas Attorney General’s office had forbidden prosecutors from doing so. What made Mr. Schaffer come clean about the collusion? He was prote
