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House Republicans Hold Hearing on FACE Act Enforcement After Trump DOJ Report
House Republicans convened a hearing on April 28, 2026, to examine the Biden administration's use of the FACE Act. The session followed a Trump DOJ report detailing biased enforcement against pro-life protesters. Witnesses called for the law's repeal, citing unequal sentencing and collusion with activists.
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House Republicans held a hearing titled 'From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law' on April 28, 2026, to review the Biden administration's application of the three-decade-old law. The Trump Department of Justice released an 882-page report detailing the Biden administration's use of the FACE Act to imprison nearly two dozen peaceful pro-life protesters, according to The Federalist.
The report found that the Biden administration used 'biased enforcement' of the FACE Act in violation of Americans' rights.
President Donald Trump signed a February 2025 executive order committed to 'Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias'. DOJ investigators initiated a probe after the February 2025 executive order. Communications revealed that the Biden administration colluded with abortion activists who supplied the DOJ with real-time reports of pro-life protest activity, The Federalist reported.
At least four Biden-era prosecutors were fired for their roles in FACE Act enforcement shortly before the report's release. Previously reported data suggested the Biden administration disproportionately focused its FACE Act prosecutions on pro-lifers who prayed, sang, and evangelized at abortion facilities.
The Trump administration’s latest report also determined the Biden DOJ requested and ultimately secured sentences that were longer for pro-lifers — an average of 26.8 months and 14 months respectively — than for other defendants, who averaged 12.3 months and 3 months respectively.
Christopher Ferrara, senior counsel at the Thomas More Society, testified at the hearing. Ferrara has litigated FACE Act defense cases for over 25 years. 'The FACE Act has been used to impose ridiculous injunctions, totally unheard of in any other context.
