The Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group released its first major report on April 14, 2026. The 882-page document, backed by a review of more than 700,000 internal records, lays out exactly how the Biden administration turned the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act into a political hammer against pro-life Americans.
The FACE Act passed in 1994 to stop violence and blockades at abortion clinics and pregnancy centers. Under Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Justice Department applied it almost exclusively against individuals who opposed abortion. Pro-life activists faced:
- Aggressive charges and lengthy investigations
- Heavy sentences for peaceful protests
- Minor disruptions treated as major crimesThe same law saw little or no enforcement when attacks hit pregnancy resource centers or pro-life facilities.
The report documents coordination between Biden DOJ officials and abortion-rights organizations. Prosecutors and FBI agents worked directly with Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation.
“They received real-time intelligence on pro-life protest schedules and participant lists.” This intelligence fed straight into case files used to build indictments. Internal emails and memos show task force members, including the head of the National Task Force on Violence Against Reproductive Health Care Providers, tracked specific activists for years before filing charges. The collaboration gave abortion groups influence over federal enforcement priorities.
Biden-era prosecutors screened jurors based on religious beliefs. They struck potential jurors who identified as Christian or pro-life. In multiple cases they withheld exculpatory evidence that could have shown:
- The protests involved no violence
- Clinic access remained available through other entrances
- Incomplete discovery packets violated basic due process rulesSentences pushed for maximum penalties even when no physical harm occurred. One defendant received an 11-year term for non-violent activity. The pattern created a chilling effect on First Amendment rights for anyone who publicly opposed abortion after the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
The Biden DOJ created a specialized unit inside the Civil Rights Division focused on FACE Act enforcement. This unit ramped up activity in 2022 and 2023. It brought at least 26 charges against pro-life individuals in a single year. By contrast, attacks on pro-life centers— including vandalism, arson, and threats—received minimal follow-up. The report lists dozens of documented incidents at pregnancy centers that never produced federal charges under the same statute.
“The two-tier system was deliberate. It protected one political side while punishing the other.”
President Trump acted immediately upon taking office in January 2025. He issued pardons to 23 pro-life activists convicted under Biden’s FACE Act enforcement. The current Justice Department fired at least four prosecutors still on staff who handled those cases. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated clearly that no department will conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The Weaponization Working Group formed under former Attorney General Pam Bondi in the first days of the second Trump term. Its mandate was to examine politicized actions from the prior administration. The FACE Act report is the first public product. It includes over 800 pages of exhibits and a limited waiver of privilege to let the public see the raw internal materials.
The report details how Biden officials used the FACE Act to advance an agenda that treated pro-life speech as domestic extremism.
After Dobbs returned abortion regulation to the states, pro-life protests increased at clinics. Instead of enforcing the law evenly, the DOJ weaponized it to deter conservative Christians from exercising their rights. “Internal discussions referenced ‘Christian nationalists’ and ‘extremist pro-life groups’ in ways that shaped charging decisions.” The task force shared grant money and resources with abortion advocacy organizations while denying similar support to pro-life centers under attack.
This was part of a larger power structure inside the federal government. The Biden administration viewed pro-life Americans as obstacles to its cultural and political goals. The Justice Department became the enforcement arm for that view. Coordination with outside activist groups turned federal law enforcement into an extension of partisan machinery. Suppressed data inside the records show FBI agents attended planning meetings with abortion providers. Agents then used that information to justify surveillance on pro-life organizers. The report exposes the back-room deals that kept these connections hidden from congressional oversight and the public.
Corrective actions are now in place. The current Justice Department:
- Limits FACE Act prosecutions to cases involving clear violence or credible threats
- No longer prioritizes minor blockades by peaceful demonstrators
- Removes prosecutors who drove the biased casesThe report serves as a public record that restores accountability. It prevents the same abuse from repeating under future administrations that might try to revive the two-tier system.
The FACE Act weaponization fits the pattern of institutional resistance to the America First agenda. Globalist-aligned forces inside the bureaucracy used every tool available to target Americans who supported traditional values and the reversal of Roe. The Dobbs decision broke their control over abortion policy. They responded by turning the Justice Department into a domestic enforcement operation against the winning side. The 700,000 records reviewed prove the operation was systematic, not accidental. Emails, memos, and case notes show intent to punish based on viewpoint.
President Trump’s decision to pardon the convicted activists and direct the formation of the Weaponization Working Group dismantled that operation. The report now documents the full scope for the historical record. It names the mechanisms—selective charging, evidence withholding, religious juror screening, activist coordination—that turned a neutral statute into a political weapon. The public now sees the suppressed communications that revealed how deep the bias ran inside the Civil Rights Division and the FBI.
The release marks a direct strike against the control systems that allowed the prior administration to operate without restraint. It exposes how federal power was deployed to suppress one side of a fundamental moral and constitutional debate. Pro-life Americans faced the full weight of the state while violence against their own centers went unpunished. That imbalance no longer stands. The current Department has ended the selective enforcement and removed the personnel responsible.
The facts in the report stand on the internal records themselves.
“Over 700,000 documents do not lie.”
They show a Justice Department that abandoned equal protection under the law to serve a narrow ideological purpose. The Biden administration’s actions violated the rights of Americans who exercised protected speech and assembly. The Weaponization Working Group has now laid the entire operation bare.
This report ends the cover-up. The two-tier system of justice under the FACE Act has been dismantled. The public record now contains the evidence of how the prior administration abused federal power against its political and cultural opponents. No future department can claim ignorance. The weaponization stopped the day President Trump returned to office, and the documentation ensures it stays stopped.
