Last week, U.S. District
Judge William H. Orrick III ruled that David Daleiden and The Center for
Medical Progress (CMP) may respond to Congress’ subpoena seeking all unedited
video footage of Daleiden’s undercover investigation into trafficking in fetal
body parts by Planned Parenthood (PP) and other National Abortion Federation (NAF)
affiliates.
“The National Abortion
Federation has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep David Daleiden’s footage
of its annual meetings out of the hands of law enforcement and the Congress,”
said Peter Breen, Thomas More Society Special Counsel. “We’re pleased that the District Court has
decided to allow Congress to seek the unedited footage of the wrong-doing
uncovered by David’s investigation. We
will continue to urge the District Court to allow David to release more
undercover videos featuring the footage from these annual meetings to the
public, so that the American people can make their own assessment of the
practices of Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation.”
The NAF had urged Judge
Orrick to forbid Daleiden from providing the footage requested by Congress. However, Judge Orrick’s order stated
unequivocally that “Congress has the power to investigate, and it is not up to
the courts to go beyond the narrow confines of determining that the committee’s
inquiry is in its province.” Judge
Orrick’s order further stated that, “Importantly in our Constitutional system,
there are three equal branches of government, and courts should refrain from
creating needless friction with a coordinate branch of government.”
Congressman Jason
Chaffetz, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, authorized the subpoena for the unedited footage in the wake of claims
by PP that the videos released by David Daleiden and The CMP were somehow
doctored … a claim vigorously denied by Daleiden. With the order from the District Court, Congress
will now be able to review the investigative materials and reassure the public
that the videos about PP and the NAF are authentic and true.
In Wednesday’s posting,
I’ll share a new forensic report that debunks PP’s claim that the CMP videos
were “doctored.” One of our country’s most
trusted digital forensic analysis companies, released a report indicating the
undercover videos recorded by the CMP are “authentic and show no evidence of manipulation.”
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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