Early in the morning of September 23, 2022, pro-life activist Mark Houck was awakened by the nightmare of 25 armed FBI agents banging on his door. They gained entry, held his family at gunpoint and took him into federal custody on charges he violated the “Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
The issue stemmed from an incident in October of the prior year (2021) when an abortion activist confronted Mr. Houck and his son while peacefully protesting.
Bruce Love, a 72-year-old volunteer at a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood began shouting at Houck and his son, aggressively in his face.
Mr. Houck shoved Mr. Love out of the way, and the abortion industry used the shove to claim Houck committed violence and federal law enforcement got involved.
Today, Mark Houck was found not guilty of the federal charges, by a jury in Pennsylvania.
(Fox News) – […] Houck was arrested in his home by multiple FBI agents in September 2022. U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, celebrated the news of Houck’s acquittal with a tweet. “Good. Begs question of the $48 billion we give to DOJ…,” he wrote.
Shortly after Houck’s arrest last fall, his attorney Peter Breen told Fox News Digital that his client’s arrest was an “outrageous abuse of power” from the Department of Justice that was intended to intimidate pro-life Americans.
“The message from the Biden Department of Justice is pure intimidation against pro-life people and people of faith,” said Breen, senior counsel of the Thomas More Society. “Why in the world would you send this phalanx of officers heavily armed to this family’s home, violate the sanctity of their home, frighten their children? Why would you do that, other than just to send a message?
Bill Devlin, a pastor who has ministered with Houck for more than 20 years, told The Christian Post last year that appeared federal prosecutors were “stretching the statute of the FACE Act.” (more)
Mr. Houck attorney’s response: “We are, of course, thrilled with the outcome,” stated Peter Breen, Thomas More Society Executive Vice President & Head of Litigation. “Mark and his family are now free of the cloud that the Biden administration threw upon them. We took on Goliath – the full might of the United States government – and won. The jury saw through and rejected the prosecution’s discriminatory case, which was harassment from day one. This is a win for Mark and the entire pro-life movement. The Biden Department of Justice’s intimidation against pro-life people and people of faith has been put in its place.”
https://twitter.com/JoeBukuras/status/1620183779569713157
Excellent news. Although why it took so long to come to that verdict is ridiculous.
25 armed agents for man, his wife and children. Real tough guys. Probably heavily armed too. It is all about intimidation by the fbi. I refuse to capitalize the letters of this criminal agency. They disgust me. God bless this family. Stand tall Christians and MAGA
Just imagine one dude with an itchy trigger finger. A wrong look, questionable eye contact or questionable facial expression and it could have turned into a horrible situation.
Thankful for the Thomas More Society…and the jury verdict but truthfully, its only one skirmish in the battle against evil.
Our Lady told one of the Fatima children I think, that she would only be able to restrain her Son’s arm, (from punishing humanity), for so long.
Mary doesn’t control Jesus who is God.
Unless He permits it.
And He doesn’t. It is the Holy Spirit which is the restrainer….it is He that lives within us. Mary has nothing to do with any of that. None. And only the Father knows when the end will come. All based on Scripture.
Who said “control” ?
-words matter
Jesus said “No man comes to the Father EXCEPT THROUGH ME.” John 14.6
Here we go again…
Fbi acts like the 5 cops that killed a black man using gang violence.
Fbi gang violence.
Intimidation along with Alphabet F’s cozy relationship with certain media outlets designed to scare and threaten anyone who gets in their way…
It often works the other way.
People become strong against these wimpy fbi invaders.
Instead of withdrawing from fear and intimidation the children of Mark Houck can become strong and learn how Faith can strengthen and sustain them.
I am sure this has not been easy for this family but they might have learned they are not alone and have many to help them fight this battle.
25 fbi agents to invade a home with a husband, wife and seven young children.
Really, what a bunch of sissies.
They should be named and shamed.
They should be embarrassed to have 25 agents to arrest a man in his home with his wife and children. They can’t do it with two? How humiliating for them to appear so weak.
federal bureau of intimidation a lot of time instigation
The statists are going to run in to the wrong door one of these days.
They’ll get Phil Gordon’d good and hard. It’s simple probabilities.
Are they that stupid or do they plan on it?
Those ordering the omelet don’t care if a few eggs get broken.
Yes, the corrupted agency’s henchmen were all “kitted out.”
😡😡😡
There was probably one lefty who wanted to convict and was holding up the not guilty verdict.
LOL
An hour is a blink. Since there are procedural steps the jury has to go through once in the room. Elect a foreperson etc. I’m guessing once they got to polling it was “WTF?”, then have to fill in the forms properly, check and notify they reached a verdict, take a bathroom break and head in. Easily an hour.
That really surprised, nay, astounded me too. The lawyers met with the judge, they brought each juror in one by one…
I truly wish both the Dept of Injustice and the Federal Bully and Intimidation Bureau could be sued.
Criminals such a Maxine Ghislane get Club Fed when she should be in a nasty prison, the victims get zero justice, the rapists are given a free pass. Yet a God fearing man whom the State declined to prosecute when the “aggrieved, injured” man pressed charges is raided by the fibbies early a.m., gun drawn in front of 7 children, and is prosecuted.
This is what the Obiden regime is threatened by? Spends its time and resources doing.
😡😡😡
The aggrieved, injured intimidator you mean.
One hour? It took that long to do the administrative work. LOL
It IS good news, but absolutely disgraceful not only that charges were brought, but taking 25 federal thugs to carry out this lunacy.
The charges had been already thrown out of state court prior to the feds getting involved.
Obviously the DOJ Civil Rights division is only for certain civil rights of specific people.
It reminds me of the Masterpiece Cakeshop state sponsored harassment that has been going on for years. He is back in court because some gender confused clown demanded he make a cake.
He lost this time. Soooo we shall see what he does, but I would move out of CO.
In the process of doing that now…just have to get a house sale before POTATUS completely destroys everything.
As for Phillips, he is being punished with process, just like Houck.
I can’t see why this current case will turn out any different in the end. Other than Phillips once again having to spend many thousands to defend himself.
If only he could sue the CO judiciary for continuing to allow these frivolous suits against him.
Masterpiece Cakeshop plans to appeal.
Alleluia. BTW, how do those 30 jackbooted FBI thugs who terrorized babies with guns sleep at night? They are absolute filth.
“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.”
~ Proverbs 4:16-19
Amen.
John 3
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
And Sam Colt not Jesus made ALL men equal.
LOL and Remington gave all women a chance to compete.
Wow. You mean the sob’s cannot sleep unless the have done evil deeds?
Just following orders.
Brown shirts had no problem sleeping. They are cut from the same cloth
Remember what happened to the brown shirts of Germany and the black shirts of Italy after he war.
Their neighbors who they intimidated and pushed around hung them.
Things really do not end well for these kinds of people.
The brown shirts were the ones fighting antifa in the streets. We could use them here when antifa and BLM start rioting and attacking citizens.
They sleep with smiles on their faces. They are Stasi scumbags.
Today’s Storm Troopers.
Sadistic megalomaniacs who take pride in their government sponsored & backed, brutality.
Wray and Garland should be shuned, humiliated, castigated, fired! How do they get away with turning the USA into Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia? And over an incident like this! It’s mind boggling.
Our government has become the evil they always said they were against…as they sent the kids off to war.
It’s 30 now? The article says, “awakened by the nightmare of 25 armed FBI agents banging on his door.”
Thanks be to God!
Amen.
“I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10
Praise Him.
Answered prayers!
PTL!
🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 Justice.
Our federal government’s primary terror group, the DOJ, prosecutes this guy, but not antifa or BLM. This cannot continue.
Oh but it does continue and it will until good men say enough.
Unfortunately when you don’t punish evil doers they tend to get even worse and I fully expect this to get worse. It isn’t as though our rulers are going to suddenly develop some morality or a conscience.
Not today Satan, not ever!
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And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death.
Revelation 12:11
Boy, was he lucky that he did not have a DC based trial with a DC based jury.
Yep.
Sad, it should never be that way. Yet here we are.
As my Grandma would say (and God bless her soul…I miss her), God only puts in front of you things you can handle. She explained that many don’t ever understand this but she knows, she lost a child, she used to say. God only presents you challenges that you can handle. The Devil on the other hand….well, she would say things in Slovak my dad later explained to me was very explicative laden.
God works in mysterious ways and he showed us all- you stand up in the name of this evil and I will reward you. Doesn’t mean you won’t spend time in prison- his own son did, why not you? It just means that when you choose the righteous path, you will ALWAYS prevail. Even in death.
Forward. Steady and with God’s support. We are all his warriors.
I’m happy to see this man reunited with his family.
Hopefully this helps sustain some momentum. Obviously the forces on the other side will double down with shrieking hysteria.
DOJ doesn’t care. They’re ready to do it all over again. They’ve sent the message, regardless of outcome. (It’s not Merrick Garland’s money🤷🏾♀️)
Garland and his kind are the enemies of Christ. Jesus even called them the children of the devil.
Revelations 2:9 / 3:9
Impeach Garland.
Prosecute him.
Great news, but as we know, once the demonic left sets their sites on an individual, they never let up-never!
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/05/jack-phillips-baker-gender-transition-cake/
Their minions quit when they are dead.
No consequences for the guy(s) issuing the order and those “25 armed FBI agents” now, is there?
So, we can expect DOJ/FBI will continue terrorize the ordinary citizens, but not the real criminals.
And that is their purpose, to beat down the little people so we will learn our lesson that ‘don’t ever stick our heads above the fray or attract attention’. Submit. And they will let you live your pathetic normal lives.
Correct. And they’ll impoverish you along the way with court and lawyers fees. The judicial system in this country is a weapon of the government.
Yes, there will be more of this type of persecution…as the French say, pour encourager les autres.
The preferred method of monstrous tyrants throughout history.
A righteous verdict.
Deo gratias.
It would be nice to have the names of the people issuing the order and the names of those 25 armed FBI agents so that we can cough cough pray for their souls…
So true Jeem.
Perhaps their address also so we can have “candle light vigils” out side their homes.
We on the non demon side of life vs death are elated at this jury verdict.
Blessed, and the former Defendant, more so.
I guess they intended to kill him if he made a threatening move…..
In June 2022, Thomas More Society attorneys notified the Biden Department of Justice that the FACE Act does not cover one-on-one altercations like the one involving Houck, which was initiated by the abortion proponent who was harassing Houck’s son. The Department of Justice was also advised that if the decision was made to bring a charge against Houck despite lack of legal foundation, Houck would appear voluntarily.
“Rather than accepting Mark Houck’s offer to appear voluntarily, the Biden Department of Justice chose to make an unnecessary show of potentially deadly force, sending twenty heavily armed federal agents to the Houck residence at dawn this past Friday,” explained Breen. “In threatening form, after nearly breaking down the family’s front door, at least five agents pointed guns at Mark’s head and arrested him in front of his wife and seven young children, who were terrified that their husband and father would be shot dead before their eyes.”
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/01/30/jury-finds-mark-houck-not-guilty-on-bogus-biden-admin-charges/
The DOJ response is what happened in Nazi Germany or the USSR.
Not to defend the Nazis but they certainly knew people like Garland for who they really are.
They did HT77.
And these kinds of people were carefully chosen especially for these kinds of jobs by the NAZIs who went looking for them.
This response is happening here in the good ole USA over and over ever since the imposter went to work for the international security state, and even before.
Maybe the House can demonstrate their “commitment to the American People” by requiring the doj & fbi to refund the costs of this? And all other miscarriages of justice and prosecutorial over reach.
Not gonna hold my breath.
Blessed be the Lord! God of All Creation!!
Amen.
Finetuneduniverse.com
👊👊🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
This is so wrong when this happens to normal good people. Just terrible
Normal people is exactly who our government is targeting.
Where in Pennsylvania was this trial held? Which area has the honest jury pool?
Philadelphia
Catholic News Agency:
One of the 12 jurors deciding the fate of the pro-life father of seven Mark Houck in Philadelphia federal court has been replaced by an alternate.
The alternate took the place of the original juror at approximately 1:30 p.m. Monday, when deliberations began again. Defense lawyers for Houck could not comment on the reason for the replacement.
The jury began deliberations on the case on Friday but said they were “deadlocked” and would not come to a decision that night.
Was that juror the one holdout? And why was he kicked off the jury? You don’t get kicked off just for disagreeing with the majority, obviously; that would defeat the whole point of requiring unanimous verdicts.
Most likely he, or she, made prejudicial statements about the defendant. Probably some wacko pro-abortion Trump hater.
Disagreeing in coordination or conspiracy with outside actors, violating the secrecy of the deliberations, might explain it.
Sure wish he could sue for malicious prosecution in any case.
Followed it the entire time. Donated to the Thomas Moore Foundation and am praising God!
The facts of this case should be stuffed into the faces of everyone in Congress, and then they should be asked why they aren’t doing something about this outrage!
Praise the man who steps into the arena.
No doubt he will now have a huge legal bill to pay. When you win, you lose anyway.
That’s the government point.
I do not think Thomas Moore Foundation charges, they take donations.
$400,000 was raised through donations
Civil lawsuit. We pay.
Nothing but sheer intimidation. Trying to make sure that the rest of us minions don’t even think about trying something like that. Congratulations to Mr. Houck and family! Well done! May God richly bless you, and may the rest of us who have a voice be empowered by this verdict!
Nice to read some good news🙏🏻🙌🏻🇺🇸♥️
The biden regime should be put under the jail for this and many other crimes.
Ole man biden your day is coming as my granny use to say.
Thank you Jesus for your mercy on us.
Good. Now impeach the AG
Amen and Amen!
God is Good!
Dear FBI…if I see you on my front porch I’m assuming you are there to commit an act of domestic terror, and I will treat you like the terrorists that you are and speak to you abruptly and without any warning in the only language that you effing pigs understand…12 gage.
Bad move. As we speak, the FBI is contacting internet providers for your IP address, and you will soon find 25 jackbooted thugs pounding down your front door.
speaking of clinics: I have a question as to how the rest of the country gets medical care. Here on the Oregon Coast it takes six to seven months to get a doctor. I called in August 2022 and was given an appointment for today at 1:20 p.m. Got there and doctor is out this afternoon. Spoke to a waitress at Mo’s Clam Chowder and her doctor no longer accepts VA payment. She was able to get a new doctor with an appointment in this coming October.
Is this common across the rest of Oregon, the other states??? When I had an ear infection and no doctor I went to the urgent care clinic and waited four hours to be seen. Is that also common?
I wonder if it is something from the government that we have little to no healthcare. Looking for a good shaman.
Have you checked into ‘consierge’ medical care? Call around and see what they require. Usually cash only and charge less as they don’t have to deal with insurance paperwork.
I plan to use one for regular checkups as I haven’t seen my family doc since before 2020.
And ya don’t have to be rich but they have a yearly fee. Several concierge doctors I checked into quit corporate care because of c19 disagreements and went on their own. I too have used urgent care as I no longer trust or go to my family doc.
My dear, this has nothing to do with the subject at hand!
My sister and her husband live on the very northern Oregon Coast and they have never mentioned anything like that.
Look into Dr. McCullough services, they are telehealth for common medical conditions. $69 for Non-members https://www.twc.health/pages/acute-care
It appears Drs in Oregon are all moving to specialties. Physician assistants seem to be taking up much of the slack.
Same here in nc
If you are on medicare here ie older, it is impossible to get a doctor. I went to an urgent care recently to get my ear unplugged. Actually i prefer it because they just do what you ask them to do and don,t get into the shot stuff and ask personal questons about your life, ie wellness checkup. No way i do my own wellness checkup.
I just helped a friend move her dad out of Lincoln City a few months ago. He was being given antibiotics for a diagnosis of UTI for 14 months, with referrals to Portland and Seattle. His blood labs were bad, so they started dialysis “for the UTI.” My friend’s colleague at her hospital got a friend in Oregon to do a per diem (her dad has high pain tolerance and was denied pain meds, diagnosis made no sense) and see her dad in ER. Ordered a CT, found kidney and bladder stones that were removed surgically. Still not recovering properly, so my friend had the CT re-read in TX – the MD reading it in Tacoma missed seeing a 4 kg kidney tumor that turned out to be cancerous. So, 19 months after the initial symptoms the football-sized cancer was removed in Texas. Lots of prayers, it had not metastacized and he is clear.
The doctors here in Washington are no better, and my husband just made an appointment with his GP for next available, in August.
Mark Houck won his case, but the process was the punishment. That’s the point.
The corrupt political hacks who run and staff the DOJ have succeeded in their mission of intimidation. This good and innocent man, and his family, have been put through Hell.
The disdainful and disgusting thugs behind this prosecution have sent their message.
You may burn pro-life counseling centers and defile Catholic Churches with impunity, but if you dare to oppose the murder of unborn children, the full weight of the federal government will be dropped on you.
The DOJ is utterly corrupted and beyond salvation. It must be disbanded and it’s functions split up into smaller agencies, with much more limited functions and with far more stringent control by Congress.
Why would the FBI be any entity to arrest this man in the first place?
The FBI has ruined his life.
He will never, ever allow his life to be ruined by the fbi
There’s a little mystery here: The jury was reportedly “deadlocked” just a few days ago. Note that does not mean there was a tie; one holdout can deadlock a jury in a criminal case, which requires unanimous verdicts.
One juror was kicked out of the jury and then suddenly the jury votes unanimously for acquittal.
Catholic News Agency:
One of the 12 jurors deciding the fate of the pro-life father of seven Mark Houck in Philadelphia federal court has been replaced by an alternate.
The alternate took the place of the original juror at approximately 1:30 p.m. Monday, when deliberations began again. Defense lawyers for Houck could not comment on the reason for the replacement.
The jury began deliberations on the case on Friday but said they were “deadlocked” and would not come to a decision that night.
Was that juror the one holdout? And why was he kicked off the jury? You don’t get kicked off just for disagreeing with the majority, obviously; that would defeat the whole point of requiring unanimous verdicts.
No, he must have been kicked off for bringing in evidence not presented at trial or saying something like “I don’t care what the facts are, we have to convict him to send a message on abortion rights.” Something like that, were he is clearly acting outside the instructions given to him by the judge.“
As I said elsewhere, most likely he or she made prejudicial statements against the defendant.
We are living in insane times. The left needs to be defeated.
This is why the unconstitutional power of the FBI, DOJ, and 4th branch of government must be revealed to the American people. God has won one. Now, bless Jim Jordan and the committee to investigate the 4th branch.
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation.
Chip Roy needs to explain why he keeps voting to fund the DOJ to the tune of 48 billion dollars a year. The DOJ personnel who brought this case and the FBI agents who took part in the raid need to spend 20yrs in prison.
It is not over for the Government, there will be lots of Government aligned business that will find them. How about a tax audit?
Many are the troubles of the righteous—but the LORD delivers him/her out of them all!!! — Ps. 34:19
This is great BUT how much money is he out? The process is the punishment.
Praise the Lord, hallelujah
Lets call this what it is –The brown shirts reside in the Department of Justice – just a hop skip and jump from the “O” administration and Biden strings.
Remember: 1. Give us the child for 8 years, and he will be a Bolshevik forever.
Remember: 2. “When an opponent declares ‘I will not come over to your side’ I calmly say ‘your child belongs to us already… In a short time they will Know nothing else but this new community’ ”
An atheistic leftist asked for a definition of Fascism: The term comes from the Italian Reform Party generated by Mussolini – he and his wife were hung by the heels by the way. Raven6 1965 – 1993
An answer to prayer. Very happy for this good man and his family.
“Not Today Satan“
It was 25 FBI Agents that committed the atrocity against Mark Houck.
Satan is not in charge of the FBI. Although it couldn’t be much worse if it was. Probably not as bad as man’s cruelty far exceeds that of any Satan.
This speaks volumes to the jury required to reach a verdict based on 3 points… if all 3 couldn’t be met, then not guilty. So similar to Nick Sandman case. Faith-based people really piss off satan and God is always in the details
Bruce Love (72 yr old assailant) was threatening/verbally assaulting the minor child/son of Mr Houck. In that instance, Houck pushed Love away from his son.
According to Progressives, “Words are Violence”, which Mr Love engaged in. Therefore, Mr. Houck was acting in self defense against Mr Love’s provocation and was protecting his son.
Mr Love engaged in verbal provocation. provocation is a possible defense by excuse or exculpation alleging a sudden or temporary loss of control as a response to another’s provocative conduct sufficient to justify an acquittal, a mitigated sentence or a conviction for a lesser charge.
Jury acted properly under law.
The DC Cartel has finally been dealt a heavy blow.
In accordance with the common nomenclature,
“-JB, Alphabet Agencies & movements.”
Great victory over tyranny.
The FIB agents should be named. We need to know if they live in our neighborhoods.
Let’s not forget that this same justice department started all this turmoil in an effort to divide and conquer. The gov is flagrantly out of control and hell bent on destroying any semblance of the old America where we had rights and some freedom. The gov doesn’t care which side it has to take, so long as it causes the people to point fingers at each other.
If they had just used more agents on the raid , they might have “sold it “ to the jury (//s)
We really need movies where the FBI-DoJ stormtrooper/SWAT deployments have been shown ultimately as being malicious, unConstitutional in nature, “in substantial error”, is painted and portrayed just as sympathetically as the Gestapo in older films.
Who in the Hollywood entertainment crowd would put up the $$ to produce such a film, would direct it, or star in it ? Most of that crowd supports the corruption of selected/unelected government agents.
Mel Gibson might be the guy. He did the Passion of the Christ….not exactly Liberal fare. He starred in We Were Soldiers and Braveheart.
He just might be the guy to expose the DOJ and FBI for the cess pools they are now.
That is likely the reason he has been desperately sidelined by Hollywood “powers-that-be” over the past decade or so.
Eastwood might.
Clint Eastwood made /directed the Richard Jewell movie ( Atlanta Olympic bombing ) good movie showed screw up by FBI getting fixated on wrong guy (poor Jewell) and real perp not tracked down till much latter – Was a very good movie – did it make a difference – not really …would a movie here make a difference … probably not …
Michael Bay – 13 Hours
And portray not just the stormtroopers but the monsters running our government who send them out there against the citizens and encourage their violence. (And who are working overtime to take away their 2nd Amendment Rights in any way possible.)
“Shooter” with Mark Wahlberg