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“David Daleiden became the first journalist ever to be criminally prosecuted under California’s recording law, not because of the method of video recording he utilized in his investigation — which is common in investigative journalism in this state — but because his investigation revealed and he published ‘shock[ing]’ content that California’s Attorney General and the private party co-conspirators wanted to cover up. Defendants seek their ‘pound of flesh’ from Mr. Daleiden and to chill other journalists from investigating and reporting on that same content.”
The defendants in the lawsuit include:
- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Former CA Attorney General Kamala Harris
- Current CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra
- The National Abortion Federation
- StemExpress- An organization that trafficks in fetal body parts to sell for medical research
- Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California