Dems call for DOJ probe of group behind Planned Parenthood videos
Staffers for the California-based pro-life group posed as buyers for a medical research firm to ask Planned Parenthood about fetal tissue donations – a tactic that the lawmakers say could be illegal.
“This elaborate scheme raises serious questions about whether any federal or state laws were violated in securing the LLC or the personal identification that were part of its execution,” the Democrats wrote to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
The members also raised questions about “possible coordination between the Center for Medical Progress and members of Congress who knew about the first video weeks in advance of its release.”
Several House Republicans, including Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) have said they saw the video weeks before it was made public.
Additionally, the Democrats said the secretly recorded video may be illegal under California law, as it was filmed without the consent of the Planned Parenthood doctor.
The letter was also signed by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), and Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.).
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) ordered investigations into Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue program last week, after the first video was released.
Since then, dozens more Republicans on the federal and state level have called for investigations.
David Daleiden, executive director of Center for Medical Progress, accused the Democrats of trying to distract from the videos.
"They will attack me and my organization all day long, but that does not change the facts about what our investigation has uncovered and what the American people now know — that Planned Parenthood is engaged in an enterprise-wide operation that traffics and sells baby body parts," he wrote in a statement.
Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), are not at all interested in obvious law breakers Planned Parenthood.
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