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A newly declassified government document has revealed the active efforts on the part of the FBI and the Department of Justice to shut down an investigation into the alleged pay-to-play scheme assembled by the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state for Barack Obama.
It is Just the News that revealed the actions at the time, heading into the 2016 election, when the family foundation run by the Clintons solicited "contributions" and "donations" – totaling hundreds of millions of dollars – from various groups that had business pending before the federal bureaucracy, which Hillary Clinton ran.
The report explained Kash Patel, now FBI director, found a "bombshell" memo from 2017 that chronicled the "extensive political obstruction that career agents in three cities faced from their own bosses and the Obama Justice Department during the 2016 election as they probed whether Hillary Clinton engaged in a pay-to-play corruption scheme."
The government documents show Sally Yates, then deputy attorney general, ordered, "Shut it down!"
It was federal agents in New York City, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Washington, D.C., who "tried to get the help of federal prosecutors to determine whether or what crimes occurred while Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state, most notably, because at that time, her family foundation solicited hundreds of millions of dollars from foreign and U.S. interests with business before her department," Just the News documented.
The timeline is from a Department of Justice lawyer assigned to the FBI by then FBI chief James Comey, who now is under congressional investigation himself for pushing the scandalous, and false, Russiagate conspiracy theory to hurt Trump.
The document was secured by top aides to Patel, along with corroborating internal emails, and was accessed by Just the News.
"Together, they make clear that both the DOJ and former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe placed significant impediments in front of agents who believed they had evidence to justify a public integrity criminal case," the report said.
In fact, the report noted, early in 2016 the DOJ said it would "not be supportive of an FBI investigation."
McCabe's own order, the report said, was that "no overt investigative steps" were allowed, and other roadblocks soon surfaced into the issue that the foundation did, in fact, get massive donations during that time period, donations that promptly plunged when Hillary Clinton's attempt to gain control of the Oval Office failed.
"Patel's discovery of the memo and related emails comes at a sensitive time as Attorney General Pam Bondi has approved the use of a strike force and a grand jury to investigate whether law enforcement and intelligence abuses over the last decade amounted to a criminal conspiracy to protect Democrats like Clinton and Joe Biden while inflicting harm on Trump and his followers," the report explained.
The report said there was no explanation over Yates' order to close it down, or the statement from New York federal prosecutors they would not "support" such an investigation.
The documents show that agents "were thwarted" from their investigation into the Clinton Foundation's antics, "no matter where" they turned, the report said.
The report noted there was a meeting of multiple FBI and DOJ officials, not identified, and the talk was about opening an investigation. One official authorized three offices to begin looking but "to not take any investigative steps until the matter was discussed with DOJ."
A report from special counsel John Durham later said one part of that investigation started because of the likelihood an industry was engaged with "a federal public official in a flow of benefits scheme, namely, large monetary contributions were made to a non-profit, under both direct and indirect control of the federal public official, in exchange for favorable government action and/or influence."
Durham's conclusion eventually was that all three of the branches were considering investigations on that basis, that foreign governments made, or offered, contributions to the Clinton Foundation in exchange for favors from Clinton.
However, McCabe's instructions were that nothing happened without his approval, and the orders sent to agents that they were not allowed to look for confidential sources on the issue. The investigations eventually were killed.
Comey also later stepped in to help Hillary Clinton in another dangerous scandal, that of putting government secrets on an unsecure and private computer server in her home, when he called her "careless" but claimed "no reasonable prosecutor" would pursue the charges.
Another special prosecutor later found Comey's actions supporting Clinton were "insubordinate."
The report charged, "The differences in how the Justice Department and FBI handled cases related to Clinton and Trump were stark — publicly exonerating Clinton for her mishandling of classified information when using a private email server as secretary of state and not even allowing the Clinton Foundation investigation to get off the ground, while launching a sprawling and baseless Russia collusion inquiry into the Trump campaign and the candidate (and then the president) himself."
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A British police department has completed a one-month pilot program that had female officers dressing in running gear and hitting the trail as a means to arrest men who inevitably harass, assault or whistle at the women.
According to a report in the U.K.'s Economic Times, Surrey Police have arrested 18 people in the undercover operation aimed to curtail the harassment of women exercising in public. The female officers jogged in identified harassment hotspots during rush hour, allowing specialist units to intervene quickly when abuse occurred.
The paper notes that the scheme focused on catcalling, unwanted gestures and other behavior officers say can escalate to more serious sexual offenses. Offenders were arrested for crimes including harassment, sexual assault and theft.
Some incidents resulted in "educational interventions," while repeat or serious offenders were pursued through the criminal justice system, reports the Economic Times. One undercover officer, Abby Hayward, said the abuse she experienced during the operation reflected "a daily reality" for women.
The Guardian quoted her as saying, "This behavior is either a precursor to something more serious, or it's ignorance, and it's fixable. That's where our interventions come in. …"
A University of Manchester study last year found over two-thirds of women runners in northwest England had faced harassment, while a Sport England report suggested almost three-quarters of women adjust their exercise routines during winter to avoid risk.
Some responses to the pilot program on X claimed that men who are part of the immigrant community are more apt to harass women exercising in public. Posted the popular users "amuse": "Instead of tackling the Pakistani rape gang crisis, British police are entrapping British men by having female officers dress in sexy tights and arrest the men brave enough to hit on the officers charging them with sexual harassment."
Another commenter noted: "Back in the '70s and '80s, many of us would have thought that these skin-tight running clothes (and everyday wear) were scandalous or eliciting of lasciviousness. What is happening to British elite that they feel a need to entrap or attack men (who are sinful or not)?"
According to the Independent, civil liberties group Free Speech Union accused the police force of "bizarre social-psychology experiments" and said law enforcement should focus on "enforcing the law."
A Surrey Police spokesperson told the paper: "Our priority is not only to tackle and solve crime but also to prevent it from happening in the first place."
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will head the Metropolitan Police Department after President Donald Trump federalized law enforcement in Washington, D.C., WRC-TV reported. The president cited rampant crime in the nation's capital that forced him to hand over the police force to Bondi, with Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terry Cole serving as interim federal commissioner of MPD.
On Monday, Trump stunned the nation's capital when he announced at a news conference that he was sending some 800 service members from the National Guard to Washington, D.C., to assist in bringing crime under control. "We will bring in the military if it’s needed," Trump told reporters.
"I don’t think we’ll need it," he clarified. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised National Guardsmen would be "flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming week" with the promise of adding "other specialized units" if necessary to get the job done.
The Army has said the plan is for the troops to assist law enforcement in cleaning up the city. "Between 100 and 200 Soldiers will be supporting law enforcement at any given time. Their duties will include an array of tasks from administrative, logistics, and physical presence in support of law enforcement," the Army said in a statement Tuesday.
Plan in Motion
Bondi got right to work on Tuesday by coordinating with Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., who agreed to "work closely" with the Trump administration after the president signed the order for the feds to take over the police force. Bondi posted about the meeting on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday.
"I just concluded a productive meeting with DC @MayorBowser at the Department of Justice. We agreed that there is nothing more important than keeping residents and tourists in Washington, D.C. safe from deadly crime," Bondi wrote.
"At President Trump’s direction, @TheJusticeDept will work closely with D.C. city government and @DCPoliceDept to make Washington, D.C. safe again," Bondi concluded. She thanked all of those involved in a reply to the thread.
The nation's capital saw a violent crime spike in 2023, and though rates recently have fallen to the lowest number in decades, it's still a crime-ridden city, The Hill reported. Unfortunately, Bowser's hearty support for Trump's plan to deploy the National Guard was short-lived, but that hasn't stopped the plan from already getting results.
Early Success
By Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there were already 100 arrests made after implementing Trump's plan, Fox News reported. Around 400 National Guard troops were out on patrol this week, with an additional 500 federal agents on the streets as well, with a focus on nighttime enforcement.
It's expected that about 200 National Guardsmen will patrol at a time around the clock. Meanwhile, a juvenile curfew is in effect in the Navy Yard until the end of the month following an incident there involving a juvenile discharging a weapon in the area.
Despite the early success, protesters are demonstrating against Trump's efforts to clean up crime in Washington. One of those protesters turned out to be Sean Charles Dunn, an international affairs specialist in the Criminal Division of the Office of International Affairs, who was arrested and charged with a felony after throwing a sandwich at a federal agent, CNN reported.
"If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you. I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony," Bondi wrote on social media after the arrest. "This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus the DOJ. You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement," she added.
Something had to be done about the problems with Washington, D.C., and that's what Trump has given Bondi the power to do. It's the nation's capital, where the business of the federal government takes place and where the president has his home, and it should be protected accordingly whether leftists like it or not.
President Donald Trump’s federalization of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. hasn’t been met with support by all, but it has gotten the backing of law enforcement.
Trump announced earlier this week that Attorney General Pam Bondi would be given jurisdiction over the police in the D.C. metropolitan area, much to the chagrin of those on the left, as WJLA reported.
However, the D.C. Police Union came out to support the move, seeming to indicate that those who know law enforcement best, believe this was a good decision.
According to sources from inside the D.C. government, Trump met with Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) police officers before the takeover.
Boots On The Ground
The inside sources at MPD believe this is a positive thing for the crime-ridden national capital because it will ultimately allow for more officers to patrol the district.
Some officers said they believe they need help, regardless of data released from both sides of the political spectrum, which many believe to be partisan.
The D.C. Police Union official said that the MPD began 2025 with a staff of less than 3,200 officers, making it the lowest census in 50 years.
Those staffing shortages have caused the officers who are on duty to work excessive overtime, with nearly 2 million hours of overtime logged last year.
From The Police Union
“We stand with the President in recognizing that Washington, D.C., cannot continue on this trajectory,” union Chair Gregg Pemberton said in a statement about the temporary takeover. “Crime is out of control, and our officers are stretched beyond their limits.”
“The federal intervention is a critical stopgap, but the MPD needs proper staffing and support to thrive,” he added.
Pemberton voiced concern about D.C. City Council members driving away “our best officers and hinder(ing) recruitment” following the passage of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act of 2020.
Recent estimates indicate that the MPD force could be as many as 500 officers short of their allotted staffing levels, causing a crisis in officer depletion.
However, critics of Trump’s decision have pointed to crime rates, saying that the president’s decision could cause more problems in the future.
The Trump administration is offering a $5 million cash reward for the arrest of Haiti's most powerful warlord.
An indictment announced by U.S. attorney Jeanine Pirro accuses Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier of organizing an international conspiracy to fund his criminal gang, chiefly by soliciting money from Haitians living in the United States.
The infamous gang leader is believed to be responsible for barbaric massacres, including a 2018 attack that left more than 700 dead, hundreds of homes destroyed and multiple women raped.
Conspiracy tied to U.S.
Cherizier's co-defendant Bazile Richardson is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti who was living in North Carolina. He was arrested in Texas in July.
Together, Cherizier and Richardson led a conspiracy to finance Cherizier's gang, mainly by collecting funds from members of the Haitian diaspora community in America, despite U.S. sanctions on Cherizier.
"In particular, Cherizier and Richardson directly solicited money transfers from members of the Haitian diaspora located in the United States. After sending funds to intermediaries in Haiti for Cherizier’s benefit, the U.S. and Haitian co-conspirators would send Cherizier images of receipts from the money transfers. Cherizier used these funds principally to pay salaries to the members of his gang and to acquire firearms from illicit firearms dealers in Haiti," prosecutors said.
The conspiracy involved "several other unnamed co-conspirators in Haiti, Massachusetts and New York," the Washington Post notes.
President Trump is seeking to deport half a million Haitians living in the United States under Temporary Protected Status, which shields certain foreigners from being returned to their homelands if they cannot do so safely.
Powerful warlord
Haiti's last president Jovenel Moïse was brutally assassinated in 2021, sending the chronically unstable island nation deeper into a political crisis.
While Haiti has a provisional government on paper, the capital, Port-au-Prince, is under the control of a gang alliance led by Cherizier.
The former police officer united Haiti's biggest gangs against the transitional government, which the gangs seek to topple.
The State Department has designated Cherizier's Viv Ansanm coalition and Gran Grif as terrorist groups, with the goal of creating "a gang-controlled state where illicit trafficking and other criminal activities operate freely and terrorize Haitian citizens.”
Now, the State Department is offering $5 million for any information leading to the arrest or conviction of Cherizier.
"There's a good reason that there's a $5m reward for information leading to Cherizier's arrest," Pirro said at a news conference on Tuesday.
"He's a gang leader responsible for heinous human rights abuses, including violence against American citizens in Haiti."
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The Virginia governor has ordered the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation to review allegations that officials at a high school arranged for, and paid for, abortions on minor girls.
Without even letting the parents know, which would be violation of state law as well as school policy.
Reports on Wednesday confirmed Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered Virginia State Police investigators to open a full criminal investigation into allegations "that Fairfax County Public Schools staff arranged for minors to receive abortions without parental consent.'
The allegations charge that school officials possibly "facilitated and paid for abortions for multiple minors," and used public funds.
"I am deeply concerned with the allegations that Fairfax County Public Schools officials arranged for minors to get abortions without parental consent and may have misused public funds to pay for them," Youngkin said. "I am directing the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation to open a full criminal investigation into the matter immediately."
Significantly, the investigation is to determine whether criminal charges are warranted in the situation.
The situation allegedly involves a school social worker and a principal who are accused of orchestrating "pressured abortions for two high school girls … One girl was five months pregnant and fled the abortion facility to save her baby's life."
School officials claimed they learned of the charges just recently, but reports confirm an audio recording from a whistleblower – a teacher – suggests there's been a years-long coverup.
Caitlin Connors, of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said, "This horrific scandal is breaking as Democrats and the abortion lobby are trying to end parental rights in Virginia. If Democrats win the general assembly in November, they will pass an abortion amendment ending parental consent. Their amendment will allow abusers, traffickers and irresponsible school officials to coerce girls into abortions without parents ever knowing. We must vote the Democrats out.
"We commend the brave whistleblower who documented raising concerns seven times, and we thank Gov. Youngkin for launching a criminal investigation, as FCPS clearly shouldn't be allowed to investigate themselves. These allegations are a parent's worst nightmare. It's horrifying that people who have been entrusted with educating children would push girls – one of whom was five months pregnant – to end the lives of their unborn children. These are girls who need support and protection – not silencing and cover-ups."
WorldNetDaily reported when the allegations surfaced that the situation developed at Centreville High School, and dates back to 2021.
The news first was revealed by the W.C. Dispatch Substack.
Accused are Carolina Dias, a social worker, and Principal Chad Lehman, who the girls insisted knew about the scandal.
In a significant development, President Trump has declared federal control over the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., citing a severe crime crisis as the main concern, the Daily Wire reported. This federalization effort, including the deployment of 800 National Guard troops, has sparked fierce debate from local Democratic leaders about the overreach of federal powers.
The D.C. Police Union, representing over 3,000 officers, expressed support for President Trump's move, aligning with his views on the urgent need for enhanced security measures.
Contrasting Views from Local Government Officials
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Democrat-controlled city council have been vocal in their opposition, labeling the takeover unsettling and unprecedented.
The council further criticized this action by highlighting the current low crime rates in D.C., stating that such federal intervention is unwarranted given the district's lowest violent crime rates in 30 years.
Despite opposition, Bowser confirmed that under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the president's action is permissible, vowing to coordinate efforts to ensure public safety during this transitional period.
Detailed Federal Control Measures Over D.C. Police
The enforcement shift now places the MPD under the direct oversight of the Department of Justice, with DEA Administrator Terry Cole appointed to lead the force.
This change was announced on what President Trump described as "Liberation Day in D.C.," setting a tone of rescue and rehabilitation from the city's urban problems.
Alongside the police takeover, the federal government's decision to dispatch National Guard troops has escalated concerns about militarizing local policing efforts, raising questions about the troops' role and utility in a civilian policing context.
Union Endorses Federal Control as a Temporary Measure
The D.C. Police Union emphasized that federal oversight should be seen as a temporary expedient, not a permanent solution, aiming to support the MPD until it can operate effectively on its own.
The union's statement stressed the dire need for immediate actions to counter the crime spike, supporting swift measures to restore order and public confidence.
However, they also suggested that once crime is under control, the goal should be to hand back full control to a sufficiently staffed and supported local police force.
Assessing the Impact of Federal Intervention
As the federal intervention unfolds, its impact on local governance and community relations remains closely monitored by both supporters and critics.
The White House cites alarming crime statistics as a justification for the drastic measures, presenting them as necessary to restore law and order in the capital.
Ultimately, the effectiveness of this intervention will be measured by its ability to significantly reduce crime rates without eroding the local authority and community trust that are essential for long-term public safety.
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A major U.S. newspaper with insider financial ties to local politicians now is doxxing critics of the city's crime agenda – or lack thereof.
It is the Federalist that has published a report exposing the suspect activities of the Denver Post.
It has targeted – and exposed the names, home addresses and more – of those participating in an organization that sought to review public records about crime in the infested city.
The report charged that the Post even published employment information about "three private citizens who legally obtained public information" that later appeared in the social media account called Do Better Denver.
"The Post identified the three people it doxxed by doing a public records request for those women's public records requests," the report explained.
It was "crime reporter Shelly Bradbury" who named names in her recent article.
From Do Better Denver was the comment, "I have been informed that the Mayor's office were the ones that looked at all the CORA requests over the last two years and tried to figure out who I am based on CORA requests and my posts (based on who was requesting them). The Mayor's office narrowed it down to three names and FED the story to the @denverpost and told their contact at the Post to CORA the CORA requests in hopes of outing me and getting the media and my followers to turn on me. The Mayor's office said that @mikejohnstonco wants DoBetterDNVR gone because 'I am ruining his narrative'. Is it legal for government officials to try and silence me via doxxing? Or engaging the Denver Post to do so? #Yikes #IsThisLegal #DoBetterDNVR."
The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway said:
And Do Better Denver responded:
It also noted Denver's "body count" is on the rise, again:
Jill Osa, one of those named, said Bradbury "doxxed me and two others" but "indefensibly" failed to tell the real story:
Further, Bradbury engaged in "bad, unethical journalism," the social media statement charges.
Interestingly, the city, with hundreds of millions of dollars in budget deficits, is laying off staff that grew by 4,000 individuals receiving paychecks over recent years under Democrat administration.
Colorado also is a Democrat stronghold, with a Democrat governor, majority-Democrat Senate and House, and an all-Democrat state Supreme Court that wildly assumed it could order President Donald Trump off the 2024 election ballot before being scolded by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The report noted the city "has a $44 million rental contract from 2024 through 2029 with the Denver Post's parent company … and in 2024 approved an $89 million contract to go into debt to purchase the same former Denver Post building."
Do Better Denver charges the city sought the newspaper's participation in the doxxing because officials were "angry about public disclosures of their activities."
"One public record one of the women discovered, for example, showed the city paid $2.1 million for vacant rooms for illegal immigrants," the report said.
No comment from a spokesman for Mayor Mike Johnston.
The Post claimed the government "played no role" in the newspaper's agenda against the Do Better Denver individuals.
An administrator for Do Better Denver confirmed in the report it gets death threats "for posting public records about people with criminal records that include kidnapping, battery, and work for terrorist gangs such as Tren de Aragua."
The Post confirmed the mayor's office ordered police to stop r0esponding to public records requests from Do Better Denver, and the staff in the mayor's office switched in an app that automatically deletes messages.
The DBD's accounts on social media have addressed problems in the city with indecency, vagrancy, crime, and its accounts are followed by 150,000 people.
"The accounts criticize public officials for sanctuary city policies inviting gang activity, releasing violent criminals on low bonds, and otherwise enabling public disorder. Denver has sued the Trump administration for opposing such policies," the report said.
It was the Post's recent doxxing that said it knew the names of some of those who supply DBD with information: "Arizona resident Jill Osa, Denver resident Megan Anderson and New Mexico resident Alexandra Pacheco."
Osa explained, "I'm just an average citizen who wanted answers and wasn't getting them when she went to her elected officials."
On the website has been criticism of the city's pro-illegal alien agenda, and voters are soon going to be asked to raise their own taxes by $1 billion for "affordable housing."
Bradbury claimed the site provides "misinformation" and she was backed up by the leftist Poynter Institute, which runs "one of the most notorious mass censorship organizations, the egregiously politicized Politifact," the Federalist confirmed.
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A whistleblower has charged that Adam Schiff, now a Democrat senator from California, approved the intentional leaks of classified information to hurt President Donald Trump.
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley warned the allegation, if documented, "would involve criminal and unethical conduct of the highest order."
"The whistleblower is described as working for the House Intelligence Committee for over ten years and reported Schiff's alleged conduct in 2017, according to documents obtained by Just The News," he explained. "The staffer described Schiff's conduct as 'treasonous' and 'illegal.'"
He explained Schiff previously was accused of politicizing intelligence, "including his claims (after the special counsel rejected the Russian collusion claims as unsupported) that he had secret evidence in the committee proving such collusion. He never produced that evidence, and it is widely believed that it did not exist."
He continued, "This is different. This would be a premeditated criminal act. It is hard to believe that a 'player' like Schiff would be stupid enough to openly discuss such a criminal act in a staff meeting. However, the fact that the whistleblower made this allegation in a report to the FBI is equally probative. It is a crime to lie to federal investigators," Turley wrote.
He pointed out that it was "notable" that at a time when the congressional committee and the FBI were "leaking sieves of classified and embarrassing information targeting Trump and his associates," this allegation about Schiff "never leaked."
The details say: "When working in this capacity, [redacted staffer's name] was called to an all-staff meeting by SCHIFF. In this meeting, SCHIFF stated the group would leak classified information which was derogatory to President of the United States DONALD J. TRUMP. SCHIFF stated the information would be used to indict President TRUMP. [The whistleblower] stated this would be illegal and, upon hearing his concerns, unnamed members of the meeting reassured that they would not be caught leaking classified information."
The bottom line, he said, is that "Either Schiff ordered the commission of a serious felony or this whistleblower made repeated false statements to the FBI. The public — and Congress — has every right to know the answer."
According to the Gateway Pundit, the "classified information" concerned the Russiagate Hoax, fabricated by Democrats, apparently to include Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, in their campaign to destroy Trump.
"The whistleblower said Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell was likely the source of the classified leaks. At the time of the leaks, Adam Schiff served as the ranking member (and later the chairman) of the House Intelligence Committee," the report said.
And, the report noted, "The Democrat whistleblower was abruptly fired for reporting Schiff's leaks to the FBI."
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Police in the United Kingdom are so triggered by a Christian's silent prayer, they are investigating a woman for the "offense" of praying silently for a third time.
This comes after police in the West Midlands department already have had to apologize and pay Isabel Vaughan-Spruce about $17,000 for the second time they arrested her.
WorldNetDaily had reported when that compensation was paid for the officers' multiple decisions to arrest her. They also confessed to breaching her civil rights.
The case against the cops involved wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery and breach of human rights.
"There is no place for Orwell's 'thought police' in 21st Century Britain, and thanks to legal support I received from ADF UK, I'm delighted that the settlement that I have received today acknowledges that. Yet despite this victory, I am deeply concerned that this violation could be repeated at the hands of other police forces," she said in a prepared statement when the settlement was confirmed, a few short years ago.
Vaughan-Spruce was first arrested in November 2022 for silently praying in a censored "buffer zone," a common practice also used in the United States to provide special protections for abortion businesses and deprive people of faith of their rights.
She was acquitted in February 2023, but just weeks later was arrested for the same offense again. A police officer said at that time, "You've said you're engaging in prayer, which is the offense."
She has explained, "Silent prayer is not a crime. Nobody should be arrested merely for the thoughts they have in their heads – yet this happened to me twice at the hands of the West Midlands Police, who explicitly told me that 'prayer is an offense.'"
Now a from the U.K. Right to Life said she's under investigation yet again.
Right to Life said now West Midlands police are asking prosecutors if there is enough evidence to charge the pro-life volunteer.
Vaughan-Spruce called the police agenda "unbelievable."
"I am still being harassed by police for silently praying in that area, and yet again find myself under investigation for the same prayers I have said for twenty years," she said.
March For Life U.K. noted of the West Midlands department, "What's the apology and settlement for if the harassment by police still continues? [Pro-lifers] shouldn't be treated as criminals for simply being on a public street."
Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF U.K., which is supporting Vaughan-Spruce, said the buffer zones around abortion industry businesses are "among the most concerning frontiers of censorship in the modern West."
"We all stand against harassment and abuse, but the 'buffer zone' law broadly bans 'influence', which is being interpreted by police officers to target innocent people who happen to stand in a certain place and believe a certain thing."
Other egregious circumstance have developed in the same fight, as a priest was charged for breaching an abortion business buffer zone because he had an "Unborn Lives Matter" sticker on his car.
Polls show vast majorities believe is ridiculous to try to control people's thoughts, and spokesperson for Right To Life U.K. Catherine Robinson said, "The latest investigation into Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who has at no point intimidated or harassed anyone, is unacceptable and highlights the confusion surrounding the buffer zone legislation. The police are using this dangerous law to target innocent people for simply holding private pro-life thoughts in their minds."
