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At least one Washington state legislator is looking for answers, following a report<\/a> from the Washington Times alleging that the\u00a0state Attorney General\u2019s Office did not review critical documents before it exonerated Planned Parenthood, during its investigation of the abortion business.<\/p>\n

The report is based on a email exchange between a Washington state deputy attorney general and a University of Washington administrator. The Times reports:<\/p>\n

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In the email chain, Deputy Attorney General Paige Dietrich asks Ian Goodhew, director of government relations for UW Medicine, for documents pertaining to the relationship between Planned Parenthood and the university’s Birth Defects Research Laboratory.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After Goodhew pushed back, Dietrich backtracked and stated that the documents would not be necessary to the investigation, according to the Times.<\/p>\n

\"DefundAd-400b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

State Representative Drew MacEwen\u00a0was among those in Washington calling for an investigation of Planned Parenthood, following allegations that the abortion business profited from aborted fetal tissue. And now, he’s calling foul<\/a> on the “investigation.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAttorney General Ferguson assured everyone that he would investigate this with the same vigor he investigates other issues in our state that fall on the other side of the political spectrum,\u201d MacEwen said. But apparently, that is not the case – assuming the Washington Attorney General’s office does not routinely allow organizations to withhold potentially crucial evidence in investigations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat, to me, doesn\u2019t measure up to the standard of an unbiased investigation,\u201d MacEwen continued. \u201cI don\u2019t know if there is some illegality going on here with the University of Washington and Planned Parenthood. We don\u2019t know that because there\u2019s a stack of papers over here that UW said the attorney general\u2019s office doesn\u2019t need to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n

My Northwest reports<\/a> that the documents may have been withheld due to confidentiality concerns. But MacEwen contends that the Attorney General would need to view the documents to make any determination, rather than simply taking the university at its word.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think we are going to let this go away,” said\u00a0MacEwen.\u00a0“I am going to consult with my fellow legislators and we\u2019ll come up with a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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