Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland over what he called “especially shocking” reports of the FBI’s raiding the Kintnersville, Pennsylvania home of Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck, according to a Sept. 26 open letter (pdf).
The Missouri senator wrote to Garland on Monday, accusing the attorney general of allegedly weaponizing federal agents against political opponents. It came after reports saying the FBI sent up to two dozen armed agents to arrest Houck in front of his family in the early morning last Friday, due to a local dispute a year prior. Houck’s wife Ryan-Marie told the online news portal LifeSite News that “the kids were all just screaming” as the agents arrested their father at gunpoint.
