This case has never been about the law, and Attorney General Xavier Becerra is committed to not let the law get in the way of his bought-and-paid-for political prosecution of Sandra Merritt.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The two-week preliminary criminal hearing continued yesterday in the San Francisco Superior Court with testimony from the lead investigating agent from the California Department of Justice, as Sandra Merritt defends against 15 felony charges brought against her by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Liberty Counsel is defending Merritt for her undercover journalism work which exposed Planned Parenthood’s trade in baby body parts.
Merritt and David Daleiden from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) are charged with felony charges under Penal Code section 632 of “intentionally and without consent of all parties” recording “confidential” communications, and another count of conspiracy to violate section 632, in connection with undercover videos they released in 2015. However, the law states conversations are not confidential when there is a reasonable expectation they will be overheard, and undercover taping is allowed when those doing so have a reasonable belief that they are collecting evidence relating to a violent crime.
