The FBI under the Biden administration raided Paul Vaughn’s home at gunpoint in front of his wife and children due to his peaceful pro-life advocacy, in a case similar to Mark Houck’s. President Donald Trump pardoned Vaughn and other pro-lifers upon his return to office in January 2025. On July 28, Thomas More announced a settlement between Vaughn and the Trump DOJ, the full terms of which were not disclosed beyond that it “acknowledges” the Biden-era abuse of power. The politicization of justice was one of the defining controversies of the Biden years, from the prosecutions of pro-life activists and a “gender transition” whistleblower, to lax prosecution of pro-abortion violence. Houck was also among the pro-life activists whom Trump pardoned.