David Daleiden celebrated the end of the “weaponized political prosecution” begun by former Vice President Kamala Harris over his efforts to obtain and release undercover videos about Planned Parenthood.
Daleiden and his collaborator posed as a biomedical research company in order to secretly videotape Planned Parenthood executives talking about the sale of body parts from abortion procedures. The videos were released in 2015 and made national headlines but began a legal struggle over the First Amendment free speech rights of undercover investigators.
‘Now we all must get to work to protect families and infants from the criminal abortion-industrial complex.’
Harris, who was the attorney general of California at the time, led the legal effort to prosecute Daleiden in order to punish his pro-life advocacy, according to many critics. Several animal rights and free speech groups backed Daleiden’s defense on the basis that it would encroach on the free speech rights of all activist groups.
Daleiden celebrated in a statement on social media on Monday. […]
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