Undercover investigator of Planned Parenthood takes court ... to court
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
One of the two undercover investigators who exposed Planned Parenthood’s massive and profitable baby-body-parts trade in 2015 is challenging a California judge’s refusal to dismiss felony charges against her, arguing the state’s attorney general failed to meet the legal deadline for filing an amended complaint.
Sandra Merritt, represented by Liberty Counsel, filed a petition Monday in the state’s Superior Court in San Francisco contending the court violated state law when it allowed pro-abortion California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to refile his complaint nearly two months after the 10-day deadline had passed.
Becerra originally charged Merritt and David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress with 14 counts of surreptitiously recording people without permission, one count for each person videoed. A 15th charge was for “criminal conspiracy” to invade “privacy.” Merritt’s lawyers argue...