They have also pointed to multiple state investigations that have found no wrongdoing by the women’s health organization.
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Houston prosecutors have dropped one of two charges faced by pro-life investigator David Daleiden, stemming from his investigation of Planned Parenthood.
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Daleiden leads the “Human Capital Project” for the Center for Medical Progress, which describes itself as a “group of citizen journalists dedicated to monitoring and reporting on medical ethics and advances”. In finding that the indictment was void on its face, Judge Bull’s ruling directly contradicts the District Attorney’s argument that the indictment was valid despite the DA’s collusion with Planned Parenthood.
In contrast, the Center for Medical Progress released a statement celebrating the dismissal, calling it “the latest confirmation that the indictments from a runaway grand jury in Houston were a politically motivated sham all along”.
Harris County Judge Diane Bull said her court lacked jurisdiction to proceed with Daleiden’s misdemeanor case because of a technical omission in the original indictment. The Center for Medical Progress issued a statement that claimed the ruling protected the First Amendment and the Center’s so-called “investigative journalism work”.
Daleiden is still facing a felony charge of tampering with government documents, including using a fake ID, that is being handled by a different judge.
The indictment against Daleiden and Merritt has come under heavy criticism amid suspicion that it was politically motivated.
Instead of charging Planned Parenthood with selling baby parts, Harris County Texas District Attorney Devon Anderson charged the CMP head with trying to purchase body parts as part of his sting operation (a misdemeanor).
Daleiden’s attorneys called the dismissal a victory for the anti-abortion movement. Jeff McShan, a spokesman for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, added that prosecutors won’t refile the misdemeanor count.
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While pro-abortion activists and Planned Parenthood apologists pretended that the indictment against Daleiden and Merritt absolved Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing, the grand jury never even voted on Planned Parenthood’s case. “It is Planned Parenthood, biotech companies, and the abortion industry that need to be investigated further, not those who expose their illegal and heinous activities”, Perkins concluded.
