Congressional Democrats probe group that revealed Planned Parenthood videos
Congressional Democrats have opened their own investigation into the Center for Medical Progress, questioning whether the group broke federal laws in setting up a false-front company to secretly tape Planned Parenthood employees talking about their practices.
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, also said it’s possible some of his colleagues in Congress knew about CMP’s activities and didn’t flag them for potential illegal behavior.
“These disturbing actions raise questions about whether the Center for Medical Progress has broken federal or state laws and whether some members of Congress may have been aware of these potentially illegal activities before they were made public earlier this year,” the Maryland congressman wrote in a letter to CMP requesting information about its practices....