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Congressional Democrats have opened their own investigation into the Center for Medical Progress, questioning whether the group broke federal laws in setting up a false-front company to secretly tape Planned Parenthood employees talking about their practices.Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, also said it’s possible some of his colleagues in Congress knew about CMP’s activities and didn’t flag them for potential illegal behavior.“These disturbing actions raise questions about whether the Center for Medical Progress has broken federal or state laws and whether some members of Congress may have been aware of these potentially illegal activities before they were made public earlier this year,” the Maryland congressman wrote in a letter to CMP requesting information about its practices.PHOTOS: Greatest Wheel Of Fortune FAILSThe group has released a series of videos showing negotiations between its own activists, posing as fetal tissue buyers, and Planned Parenthood employees, who seem to negotiate prices and abortion tactics that can be used to preserve as much fetal tissue as possible.Mr. Cummings‘ letters are Democrats’ answer to a GOP investigation Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz commenced earlier this month, when he asked Planned Parenthood and the Health and Human Services Department for information.
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