First on Fox: Trump DOJ reaches settlement with pro-life protester targeted by Biden admin
A Christian father of 11 has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice after facing up to 10 years in prison for protesting at a Tennessee abortion clinic in March 2021.Paul Vaughn was convicted of violating the FACE Act, a federal law that prohibits "threats of force, obstruction or inflict property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services." The 1994 law was used by former President Joe Biden's Justice Department to aggressively prosecute pro-life activists following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.Two days after he was charged, federal agents raided Vaughn's home at gunpoint, according to his attorneys at the Thomas More Society, and arrested him in front of his wife and children.The Biden DOJ also added a felony conspiracy charge carrying up to 10.5 years in prison.BIDEN ADMIN USED ABORTION GROUP DOSSIERS, INCLUDING PHOTOS OF MINORS, TO TARGET CHRISTIANS, DOJ REPORT REVEALSVaughn pursued legal action against the Justice Department over his prosecution.
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A Christian father of 11 has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice after facing up to 10 years in prison for protesting at a Tennessee abortion clinic in March 2021.Paul Vaughn was convicted of violating the FACE Act, a federal law that prohibits "threats of force, obstruction or inflict property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services." The 1994 law was used by former President Joe Biden's Justice Department to aggressively prosecute pro-life activists following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.Two days after he was charged, federal agents raided Vaughn's home at gunpoint, according to his attorneys at the Thomas More Society, and arrested him in front of his wife and children.The Biden DOJ also added a felony conspiracy charge carrying up to 10.5 years in prison.BIDEN ADMIN USED ABORTION GROUP DOSSIERS, INCLUDING PHOTOS OF MINORS, TO TARGET CHRISTIANS, DOJ REPORT REVEALSVaughn pursued legal action against the Justice Department over his prosecution. He shared first with Fox News Digital that he recently reached a seven-figure settlement with the government agency.Vaughn said the settlement has brought much-needed closure to his family after living through a traumatic, multiyear ordeal stemming from the "egregious deeds of the Biden DOJ.""Obviously, money doesn't equate justice, and there's not a true sense of justice in the settlement, but it is an acknowledgment of wrong, and it is something to help make up for the time lost," he told Fox News Digital.Vaughn said seven of his eleven children — ranging from 18 months old to 18 years old — were home at the time of his arrest, and that three of his children were "basically held at gunpoint" by an agent in the yard during the encounter. He added that his 5-year-old continues to express anxiety due to what happened.TRUMP DOJ FIRES PROSECUTORS TIED TO FACE ACT CASES AFTER REPORT ALLEGES BIAS AND MISCONDUCT"God's been gracious to us and has helped us through this process.
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- A Christian father of 11 has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice after facing up to 10 years in prison for protesting at a Tennessee abortion clinic in March 2021.Paul Vaughn was convicted of violating the FACE Act, a federal law that prohibits "threats of force, obstruction or inflict property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services." The 1994 law was used by former President Joe Biden's Justice Department to aggressively prosecute pro-life activists following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.Two days after he was charged, federal agents raided Vaughn's home at gunpoint, according to his attorneys at the Thomas More Society, and arrested him in front of his wife and children.The Biden DOJ also added a felony conspiracy charge carrying up to 10.5 years in prison.BIDEN ADMIN USED ABORTION GROUP DOSSIERS, INCLUDING PHOTOS OF MINORS, TO TARGET CHRISTIANS, DOJ REPORT REVEALSVaughn pursued legal action against the Justice Department over his prosecution.
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