Planned Parenthood investigator faces more legal challenges

Published July 26, 2016 9:39pm ET



David Daleiden’s legal battles are far from over, but the Planned Parenthood investigator chalked up a big win on Tuesday when Houston-area prosecutors dropped a felony charge against him.

Daleiden and his accomplice, Sandra Merritt, are no longer facing charges that could bring them up to 20 years in prison and $10,000 in fines, after the Harris County District Attorney’s office tossed a grand jury indictment for steps they took to infiltrate a Planned Parenthood clinic disguised as human tissue buyers.

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