Biden DOJ Monitored Pro-Life Families, Gathered Private Data
A bombshell Justice Department report alleging the Biden administration “weaponized” federal law against pro-life Americans is raising alarming new questions — including claims that federal authorities monitored and gathered personal data on families attending pro-life events, complete with information about their spouses and even their children.
During an appearance on The Todd Starnes Show, First Liberty Institute Senior Counsel Jeremy Dys said the nearly 900-page report paints a troubling picture of selective enforcement, government overreach, and political bias inside the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
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“Well, it’s hard to know even where to begin since the report really totals about 900 pages worth of material and evidence and analysis,” Dys told Starnes. “But the long and short of it is this, that under the Biden Department of Justice, the Department of Justice weaponized the law specifically against the pro-life community.”
Dys pointed to one particularly disturbing allegation — that outside groups compiled detailed dossiers on pro-life Americans attending events, which were then used by federal authorities.
“They received a dossier, for instance, that was over 130 pages in length that had personally identifiable information about people going to a pro-life conference, including pictures of their spouse, of their kids, their minor children,” Dys said. “It had their driver’s license details within that dossier.”
The report, released by the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group, is based on a review of more than 700,000 internal records and alleges that federal prosecutors disproportionately targeted pro-life activists under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
According to the findings, Biden-era prosecutors sought significantly harsher penalties for pro-life defendants — requesting an average sentence of 26.8 months compared to 12.3 months for pro-abortion offenders.
“There was a wide disparity between how they utilize something called the FACE Act,” he explained. “Not one time under the Biden administration did they utilize that to defend churches that were being targeted… yet the Biden administration did weaponize it against pro-lifers who were peacefully protesting.”
The DOJ report echoes those concerns, alleging officials coordinated with abortion-rights groups like Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation to build cases against pro-life activists, while failing to adequately respond to attacks on pregnancy resource centers and churches.
Critics say those revelations raise serious ethical and constitutional questions. The report alleges prosecutors withheld evidence, screened jurors based on religion, and used aggressive arrest tactics — claims that have sparked internal investigations and personnel actions.
Dys highlighted one particularly alarming example during his interview.
“And then when the attorneys for that grandmother… asked the Department of Justice for information that could be exculpatory… the Department of Justice said no,” he said. “They received a dossier… that had personally identifiable information… including pictures of their spouse, of their kids… driver’s license details.”
He added: “That’s just kind of crazy things. But it would be crazy if it weren’t so damnable.”
The report also points to the case of pro-life activist Mark Houck, who was acquitted after being arrested by federal agents — an incident cited as an example of what investigators described as overly aggressive enforcement.
For Dys, the implications go far beyond politics.
“It’s very clear that the Department of Justice was inequitably applying the law,” he said. “They’re deciding to side with their political friends and punish their political enemies and denying people… equal access to justice.”
The Biden administration and its allies have pushed back on the report’s conclusions, with critics arguing it cherry-picks evidence and mischaracterizes legitimate prosecutions.
Still, the current Justice Department leadership says corrective actions are already underway — including pardons for some convicted pro-life activists, dismissal of certain cases, and new restrictions on when FACE Act prosecutions can be brought.
Looking ahead, Dys said accountability must be the priority.
“My hope would be that the Attorney General utilizes this information to do more things,” he told Starnes. “The Department of Justice ought to hold these individuals accountable… not just simply for losing their job.”
He also called for broader reforms to ensure such alleged abuses never happen again.
“I think the Department of Justice needs to maintain this working group,” Dys said. “Because I know there must be more areas.”
As the debate intensifies, the report is likely to remain at the center of a growing national conversation over whether justice in America has been applied evenly — or influenced by politics.