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Biden’s weaponized Justice Department is just Democrats vs. democracy

Nypost · · 331 words · By Post Editorial Board
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What to know about Judicial Weaponization

In a saner world, the political weaponization of the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden would be a bipartisan scandal, but the “moderates” in today’s Democratic Party won’t lift a finger to protect traditional norms.

Claims checked 8
Techniques found 5
Topics 3

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Center75%
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What happened

In a saner world, the political weaponization of the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden would be a bipartisan scandal, but the “moderates” in today’s Democratic Party won’t lift a finger to protect traditional norms.

Why it matters

The latest horror story is this week’s report on flagrant abuses, including the withholding of evidence and “aggressive arrest tactics” when targeting pro-life defendants; the nearly 900-page review also shows Attorney General Merrick Garland’s prosecutors…

Common ground

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche rightly called it a “two-tiered system of justice” with “selective prosecution based on beliefs.” Garland’s DOJ went after peaceful demonstrators outside abortion clinics even as it ignored serious violence against…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Black-and-White Fallacy: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence
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Name Calling / Labeling 90% confidence
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Black-and-White Fallacy 80% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “it failed to protect Supreme Court justices targeted by pro-choice intimidation as they were deciding the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v. Wade”
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The provided evidence mentions bills to protect justices and the Dobbs case, but does not provide a factual determination or official report confirming that the FBI 'failed to protect' them from specific intimidation events.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the court held that the United States Constitution does not confer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women's_Healt…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. ( ə-LEE-toh; born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the high court by Pres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alito
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…
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Claim 2: “the Biden FBI repeatedly profiled traditional Catholics as “extremists” (relying on the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center for “evidence”)”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms the existence of the 'FBI Richmond Catholic memo' from January 2023 which identified 'traditionalist Catholics' as potential domestic violent extremists.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The FBI Richmond Catholic memo concerns an internal Federal Bureau of Investigation document from January 2023 that identified “traditionalist Catholics" as potential domestic violent extremists. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Richmond_Catholic_memo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American retired politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represente…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Evan Horowitz (born September 19, 1962) is an American attorney and government official. He is the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Horowitz
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Claim 3: “It even teamed up with pro-abortion groups to selectively prosecute anti-abortion activists, feeding the civilians inside intelligence and instructing them to keep dossiers that prosecutors then used to obtain search warrants and file criminal charges”
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Three independent web search results confirm that the DOJ collaborated with pro-abortion groups to track pro-life activists and gather information for indictments.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Biden DOJ affirmatively asked pro-abortion groups about pro-life individuals’ travel and constitutionally protected advocacy.” In some cases, career attorneys tracked pro-life activists for years …
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/explosive-report-bi…
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web search NEUTRAL — “The Biden DOJ affirmatively asked pro-abortion groups about pro-life individuals’ travel and constitutionally protected advocacy.”
https://www.westernjournal.com/doj-reveals-biden-weaponized-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Abortion advocacy groups routinely helped the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) track pro-life activists, providing information that became the basis for indictments, according to a new report.
https://thedailybs.com/2026/04/14/biden-doj-enlisted-abortio…
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Claim 4: “President Donald Trump later pardoned several pro-lifers targeted for excessive prosecution under Biden”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that on January 23, 2025, President Donald Trump pardoned 23 pro-life activists who were prosecuted under the FACE Act during the Biden administration.
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web search NEUTRAL — On January 23, 2025, President Donald J. Trump granted pardons for 23 pro-life advocates who faced weaponized prosecutions brought against them by the Biden Department of Justice under the Freedom of …
https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/president-trump-pardo…
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web search NEUTRAL — On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced Jan. 23 he was issuing pardons for 23 protesters arrested for violating the federal Freedom of ...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/trump-pardons-23-pro-life-act…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump has pardoned 23 peaceful pro-life activists jailed under the previous presidency of Joe Biden. Mr Trump signed an executive order on the eve of the national March for Life an…
https://thecatholicherald.com/article/trump-pardons-23-peace…
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Claim 5: “20 FBI agents stormed the home of a cooperative anti-abortion activist, pointing rifles at his wife and children as they arrested him”
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One source (NewsHouse) describes a raid involving approximately 15 vehicles and agents storming a property, but the specific detail of '20 agents pointing rifles at wife and children' is not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Although there was a vociferous presence of hari krishna devotees in the March against mandatory …
https://gloria.tv/post/3tLkALJdjbXNAmbMy8iv292k8
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web search NEUTRAL — Biden’s FBI task force arrests father of seven for protecting his son from an abortion escort. His wife, Ryan-Marie Houck, explained the agents stormed onto their property with approximately 15 vehicl…
https://www.newshouse.org/pro-life-authors-home-raided-by-30…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that perform abortions or provide abortion counseling.Abortion rights activists criticized the episode for making use…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence
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Claim 6: “the nearly 900-page review also shows Attorney General Merrick Garland’s prosecutors demanding far harsher prison sentences for pro-lifers than pro-choicers convicted on similar charges”
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Multiple sources report that a review found prosecutors sought harsher sentences for pro-life defendants (average 26.8 months) compared to pro-choice defendants (average 12.3 months).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrick_Garland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, 604 U.S. 56 (2025), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok challenging the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok,_Inc._v._Garland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States, et al. v. Apple Inc. is a lawsuit brought against multinational technology corporation Apple Inc. in 2024. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that Apple violated anti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Apple_(2024)
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Claim 7: “Garland’s DOJ went after peaceful demonstrators outside abortion clinics even as it ignored serious violence against pro-life “crisis pregnancy” centers”
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While one source (Conservative Globe) explicitly claims the DOJ ignored violence against crisis pregnancy centers while targeting peaceful demonstrators, other provided sources do not independently corroborate this specific comparison of enforcement priorities.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrick_Garland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, 604 U.S. 56 (2025), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok challenging the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok,_Inc._v._Garland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States, et al. v. Apple Inc. is a lawsuit brought against multinational technology corporation Apple Inc. in 2024. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that Apple violated anti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Apple_(2024)
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Claim 8: “the withholding of evidence and “aggressive arrest tactics” when targeting pro-life defendants”
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Multiple web search results, including a report from the Office of Public Affairs, confirm that the Biden DOJ withheld evidence and used aggressive arrest tactics against pro-life defendants.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ju…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of Justice (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Katarungan, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philip…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Philipp…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including mana…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_J…
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.