Training slides obtained by Sen. Katie Britt from a Department of Justice whistleblower show that the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting Republican-nominated Supreme Court justices ahead of its Dobbs v. Jackson decision explicitly warned against arresting members of the pro-abortion mob — even when they violated federal law.
18 U.S.C. §1507 prohibits anyone with “intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer” from “pickets or parades” in or near the court or justices’ homes. People who violate that law are subject to fines or up to one year in prison.
Mere weeks ago, Garland reaffirmed to the Senate that it is “a federal crime to protest outside of a judge’s home with the intent of influencing that judge as to a pending case.”
Ted Cruz: “Is it a federal crime to protest outside of a judge’s home with the intent of influencing that judge as to a pending case?”
AG Garland: “The answer to that is yes.” pic.twitter.com/zzff4UgnvJ
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) March 1, 2023
“It is clear when you look at these slides, the Marshals were not given those directives,” Britt pointed out to Garland during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
Hundreds of activists, encouraged by the Biden White House, descended on justices’ homes last summer to threaten the justices who, in a leaked copy of their decision, signaled intent to overturn Roe v. Wade.
