WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department on April 14, 2026, published a 900-page report accusing the Biden administration of using the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act to target Christians and conservatives who oppose abortion. The report is the first produced by the department's Weaponization Working Group, which was created under the Trump administration to investigate perceived wrongdoing by the prior administration.

The report, which includes internal Justice Department records, claims that under former Attorney General Merrick Garland the department violated Americans' rights by applying the FACE Act only against opponents of abortion rights and not against those who targeted anti-abortion facilities. Prosecutors requested an average sentence of 26.8 months for anti-abortion defendants and 12.3 months for abortion-rights defendants, the report states. It also accuses federal prosecutors of knowingly withholding evidence from defense counsel.

The report claims the Justice Department and FBI under President Biden collaborated with abortion-rights groups to obtain real-time information on anti-abortion groups' protest activities and that department employees assisted those organizations in obtaining grant money. It further suggests the National Task Force on Violence Against Reproductive Health Care Providers had close ties with groups such as the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

"This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice. No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The weaponization that happened under the Biden Administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.

The department fired four federal prosecutors involved in Biden-era FACE Act cases. The report accuses one prosecutor, Sanjay Patel, of monitoring anti-abortion activists for years before charging them. Patel was placed on administrative leave in March while a draft of the report circulated internally and declined to comment on his removal.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi created the Weaponization Working Group as one of her first actions in office. The group was established to examine topics including Jan. 6 prosecutions, and additional reports are expected. The administration said it would no longer enforce FACE Act violations except in cases involving death or serious property damage. President Trump also issued full pardons to anti-abortion Christians whom the department said were unfairly targeted.

Congress passed the FACE Act in 1994 to address threats and intimidation faced by women at reproductive health clinics. Under the law, nonviolent first-time offenses are misdemeanors, while repeat offenses or violations causing bodily injury or death may be treated as felonies.

Several groups, including Democracy Forward, disputed the report's findings. "The report was a waste of countless hours and taxpayer dollars and consisted of cherry-picked emails to create a fictionalized, false narrative to distract from the administration's failures to make anyone's life better," Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman said in a statement.

Stacey Young, Executive Director and Founder of Justice Connection, also criticized the report and the firings. "DOJ's current leaders' textbook cruelty and hypocrisy are on full display in this report. They insist on zealous advocacy by career staff in advancing the President's priorities, while shaming and firing those who did just that in the prior administration," she said. Young added: "They've put career employees on notice: if they do their jobs, they face potential termination if future political leadership disagrees with the policy goals of prior leadership."