Discredited sting videos haunt Planned Parenthood as DOJ opens investigation
Source: Think Progress
The Department of Justice is moving to investigate Planned Parenthoods transfer of fetal tissue, continuing the fall-out from discredited sting videos released two years ago by an anti-abortion group.
On Thursday, the Justice Department reportedly asked Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for documents relating to a Senate committees report on Planned Parenthoods fetal tissue practices. The documents in question pertain to a Senate Judiciary Committee report from December 2016. The Daily Beast reported that the documents are meant for investigative use.
At this point, the records are intended for investigative use only we understand that a resolution from the Senate may be required if the department were to use any of the unredacted materials in a formal legal proceeding, such as a grand jury, wrote Stephen Boyd, the departments assistant attorney general. The letter does not mention Planned Parenthood by name.
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