The DOJ took up the case because the doctor broke the law. The only reason the Trump administration dropped the case is because Dear Leader believed Josh Hawley’s lie and he knows his base eats up those lies.
From the AMA website
"Criminal penalties
Criminal violations of HIPAA are handled by the DOJ. As with the HIPAA civil penalties, there are different levels of severity for criminal violations.
Covered entities and specified individuals, as explained below, who “knowingly” obtain or disclose individually identifiable health information, in violation of the Administrative Simplification Regulations, face a fine of up to $50,000, as well as imprisonment up to 1 year.
Offenses committed under false pretenses allow penalties to be increased to a $100,000 fine, with up to 5 years in prison."
Not unfairly targeted. Not a freedom fighter. He is lucky he isn’t in jail. I hope they pull his licence.
Please, can you stop lying?
He was charged because he broke the law and he was an idiot.
The first rule of law breaking is, don’t make a big deal about it and don’t make it obvious you did it. This fucking asshole broke the law in order for his law breaking to get massive media attention!
Look we all understand you think that trans children legal rights should not exist, but it is crazy to say the DOJ should ignore the guy screaming “Hey I violated the law!”
As someone who has always tried to engage with you respectfully, I got to say you’re not covering yourself in glory here.
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To echo the others, you don’t want to be willing to die on this hill. Personal opinion about the issue aside, this guy just torched HIPAA regulations and he’s lucky his ass isn’t getting sent straight to jail with monster fines. You gotta drop it.
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