DOJ Targets Biden-Era Civil Rights Chief in Abortion Case Review

April 9, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

The Trump administration is taking aim at Biden’s Justice Department civil rights chief, claiming in a draft report that comments before her government service indicated a bias that influenced “weaponized” prosecutions of Christian protesters obstructing access to abortion clinics.

DOJ is preparing to release a report accusing the Biden administration of anti-Christian bias through enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act, according to a copy of the document reviewed by Bloomberg Law. The draft asserts that former Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke had a negative view of anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers and used the statute ...

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