visit esd.ny.gov.
>> Shannon: THE DEMOCRATIC
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK,
ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN IS GOING AFTER
A GROUP OF PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES HE
SAYS ARE BLOCKING ACCESS TO AN
ABORTION CLINIC.
BUT THE CASE HAS AN INTERESTING
TURN NOW AND IT HAS EVERYTHING
TO DO WITH THE STATE'S STAR
WITNESS.
>> NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL
ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN FILED SUIT
AGAINST THE ADVOCATE LAST YEAR
SAYING THEY ARE VIOLATING LAWS
REGULATING ACCESS TO CLINICS,
POINTING TO A VIDEO THAT
PURPORTS TO SHOW A PRO-LIFE
ACTIVIST TRYING TO TALK A WOMAN
OUT OF ENDING HER PREGNANCY AT A
CLINIC IN JAMAICA QUEENS.
THE STATE DEMOCRATIC
ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKING CIVIL
PENALTIES AND DAMAGES AGAINST 14
DEFENDANTS INCLUDING ANGELA
BRAXTON, WHO SAID SHE DISCOVERED
RELIGION AFTER THE 9/11 TERROR
ATTACKS.
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE
DEFENDANTS MADE DEATH THREATS,
PINNED PATIENTS AGAINST THE WALL
AND DISTRIBUTED POSTERS OF WHAT
APPEARED TO BE MANGLED AT
FETUSES.
>> WE DOCUMENTED ALL OF THESE
TACTICS WITH VIDEO RECORDINGS
THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING TO THE
COURT TODAY.
>> IT NOW TURNS OUT A STAR
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
REPORTEDLY CREATED A FAKE
FACEBOOK ACCOUNT COMPLETE WITH A
PICTURE OF SOMEONE ELSE SHE
FOUND ON THE INTERNET IN ORDER
TO BEFRIEND MANY WITHIN THE
PRO-LIFE COMMUNITY AND SPY ON
THEIR EFFORTS.
THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER ATTORNEYS
REPRESENTING SOME OF THE
PRO-LIFE DEFENDANTS WANTED TO
KNOW MORE.
>> THERE WAS A MENTION IN ONE OF
THE DISCOVERY DOCUMENTS JUST IN
PASSING BURIED DEEP IN THE FILE
ABOUT A FAKE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.
>> THE DEFENDANT'S LEGAL TEAM
SAYS IT TURNS OUT THE WOMAN IS
AN ABORTION CLINIC WORKER WHO
DISGUISED HERSELF AS A PRO-LIFE
SYMPATHIZER IN ORDER TO LOOK FOR
EVIDENCE OF AGGRESSIVE PLANS OF
ACTION AGAINST NEW YORK CLINICS.
>> SHE DIDN'T SEE THE GRAND
DESIGN THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS
GOING TO SEE THE PEOPLE
ORGANIZING MASSIVE PROTEST IN
ANY TYPES OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
I THINK MOST OF WHAT YOU FOUND
WAS PEOPLE SHARING BIBLE
PASSAGES AND MAKING PRAYER
REQUESTS.
>> THE WITNESS ALSO REPORTEDLY
TOOK SOME OF THE UNDERCOVER
VIDEO WHICH THE DEFENSE SAYS
DOESN'T SHOW WHAT NEW YORK'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL CLAIMS IT DOES.
>> THIS PRESS CONFERENCE MAKING
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT PATIENTS BEING
BLOCKED, PATIENTS BEING HARASSED
AND THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY PULL
UP THE EVIDENCE, YOU LOOK AT THE
VIDEO EVIDENCE.
IT'S JUST NOT THERE.
>> A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS FOX NEWS
"THE ACCOUNT WAS SET UP BY A
THIRD PARTY WITHOUT OUR OFFICE'S
KNOWLEDGE AND BEFORE OUR OFFICE
BEGAN ITS INVESTIGATION.
OUR OFFICE DID NOT ASK HER TO
SHARE ANYTHING FROM THE ACCOUNTS
WITH US."
>> Shannon: THE DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS CHARGE OF THE AG IS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
ANNOUNCING THE LAWSUIT LAST YEAR
HE SAID HE'S BEEN PART OF THE
PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT SINCE HE WAS
17 WHEN HE TOOK OFF A YEAR
