The Justice Department's Decision to Send Armed Agents to Arrest a Catholic Pro-Life Demonstrator

In March of 2023, Senator Josh Hawley questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland about why the Justice Department sent dozens of armed SWAT agents to arrest a peaceful Catholic pro-life at his home. Even local authorities had declined to prosecute him for an alleged crime of disorderly conduct at an abortion facility. In spite of a rise in anti-Catholic violence, the US Justice Department instead said that it was traditionalist Catholics that represented a violent extremist threat.