On October 12, around 9:00am EDT, Ted Cruz and 39 other congressmen and senators released an open letter to FBI Director, Christopher Wray, regarding the obvious abuse of the FACE Act, indicting and raiding the homes of peaceful pro-life leaders. In addition to that, they recognized the abdication of duty to pro-life victims of violence. The letter comes after two and a half months of relentless pressure from Rev. Jim Harden, CEO of CompassCare, insisting the leadership of the FBI and DOJ moved from abdicating their duty to attacking peaceful pro-life people. Approximately four hours after the release of the letter, at 1:00pm EDT on October 12, the FBI reestablished contact with Rev. Harden in a highly unusual way—offering to come to CompassCare’s Rochester office to talk about 1) CompassCare’s lawsuit against the Amherst Police Department to retrieve CompassCare’s video surveillance evidence and 2) CompassCare’s media engagements. Meanwhile, as reported by CompassCare and the Washington Examiner, targeting pro-life people and organizations seems to be official, Biden Administration and DOJ policy.
Q&A:
- When did the FBI reestablish contact with CompassCare’s CEO?
Answer: On October 12, around 9:00am EDT, Ted Cruz and 39 other congressmen and senators released an open letter to FBI Director, Christopher Wray, regarding the obvious abuse of the FACE Act, indicting and raiding the homes of peaceful pro-life leaders. The letter comes after two and a half months of relentless pressure from Rev. Jim Harden, CEO of CompassCare, insisting the leadership of the FBI and DOJ moved from abdicating their duty to attacking peaceful pro-life people. Approximately four hours after the release of the letter, at 1:00pm EDT on October 12, the FBI reestablished contact with Rev. Harden in a highly unusual way—offering to come to CompassCare’s Rochester.
- What happened at the meeting with the FBI?
Answer: At the October 18 meeting, two agents met Rev. Harden and one of the many pro bono attorneys provided to CompassCare by the Thomas More Society. They said they were unaware of the FBI’s violent SWAT raids on peaceful pro-life leaders in TN and PA. The meeting consisted primarily of double talk and platitudes around two points: CompassCare’s media engagements and lawsuit against the Amherst Police Department to retrieve video surveillance of the firebombing. As an incitement to back off on both points, the FBI offered CompassCare’s CEO the opportunity to view CompassCare’s own video footage for the first time—133 days after the June 7th firebombing.
- Did CompassCare get to see their own security footage?
Answer: On Wednesday, October 19, CompassCare’s CEO and attorney met three more FBI agents at the FBI headquarters in Buffalo, NY to view the footage of the arson attack. At that time, the agents used psychological tactics—leveraging their personal, conservative, Catholic heritage—to soften CompassCare’s perspective on the FBI as a whole.
- Does CompassCare have information to share after viewing the footage?
Answer: CompassCare will be updating the public shortly regarding the footage recently shown to CompassCare by the FBI. As of the time of this publication, CompassCare is still being denied access to the footage.
- Why did the FBI reach out to CompassCare CEO?
Answer: It is obvious from CompassCare’s experience that the FBI, under Director Christopher Wray, is politicized and is now hiding behind conservative, Catholic agents to further promote a political agenda. Is it a coincidence that this is happening just weeks ahead of a midterm election that could spark an investigation into the dirty tactics of law enforcement leadership?
- What is the status of CompassCare’s lawsuit against the Amherst Police?
Answer: CompassCare’s hearing in the NY Supreme Court regarding the lawsuit against the Amherst Police Department is scheduled for October 26. New York statute of limitations to bring civil charges against the arsonists is one year. CompassCare is eager to regain control of the video evidence to begin to build a civil case against the two perpetrators and any coconspirators.
- Is targeting pro-life people the official policy of the Biden Administration’s DOJ?
Answer: It would seem so. On July 8, Joe Biden signed an executive order to create “Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access” to address “fraudulent schemes or deceptive practices” the Administration claimed were being perpetrated by pro-life organizations. On July 12, the Department of Justice complied, creating the Reproductive Rights Task Force, monitoring pro-life activity. As early as September 23, the FBI began arresting and indicting peaceful, pro-life leaders.
Rev. Jim Harden, CompassCare CEO:
Rev. James R. Harden, M.Div. is the CEO of CompassCare Pregnancy Services and lives outside of Rochester, NY with his wife and ten children. Rev. Harden pioneered the first measurable and repeatable medical model in the pregnancy center movement, helping hundreds of centers nationwide become more effective at reaching more women and saving more babies from abortion. He has written extensively on medical ethics, executive leadership, and pro-life strategy. Recently CompassCare’s pro-life medical office in Buffalo, NY was firebombed.
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