Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 6/3

[SVPete]

Bar complaint targets Biden DOJ prosecutor's license for 'illegal conduct' in weaponization report

https://justthenews.com/accountability/watchdogs/bar-complaint-targets-biden-doj-prosecutors-license-illegal-conduct

A progressive watchdog launched a similar effort last week against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, alleging systemic ethics violations in his prosecution of an alleged MS-13 gang member that should cost Blanche his New York law license.

Now a conservative group is seeking to flip the script, asking New York to disbar an architect of the Biden administration's scheme to prosecute allegedly peaceful pro-life activists under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, in the wake of the Supreme Court's elimination of federal abortion rights.

Democracy Restored shared its ethics complaint against former Civil Rights Division trial attorney Sanjay Patel exclusively with Just the News before filing it Monday with the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, claiming Patel "put his politics above his oath" in his relations with abortion rights groups.

The complaint is largely based on documents revealed in April by the Justice Department's Weaponization Working Group, which suggest Patel deputized abortion rights groups to surveil their collective enemies in the pro-life movement, shared internal information with abortion lobbyists and even helped them with grant applications.
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The Weaponization Working Group report exposed the prior administration's "unequal application of justice" under the FACE Act, said Democracy Restored Director Houston Keene. The law also protects houses of worship from disruptions, such as the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement invasion of Minnesota's Cities Church.

It shows "(Sanjay) Patel was a key player in this malfeasance and calls into question his ability to hold a law license," with his record of "targeted and unconstitutional attacks" on pro-life advocates, said Keene, a former Fox News journalist and Capitol Hill aide.

Given name added for clarity.

Consequences are overdue, so this is a start.