The Department of Justice has dropped charges against a doctor who was prosecuted on spurious privacy charges after he sounded the alarm about transgender procedures being performed on children at his hospital.
Eithan Haim provided evidence to a journalist that Texas Children’s Hospital was performing transgender medical procedures on children as young as 11, despite the hospital’s claims to the contrary. He was charged with violating HIPAA, even though he did not provide any personal identifiable information. Haim’s revelations helped lead to Texas’s state legislature banning the procedures.
He was slated to go to trial next month, where he would face up to 10 years in prison.
Judge David Hittner of the Southern District of Texas signed an order dismissing charges on Friday.
Haim was on the phone with The Daily Wire when he heard the news from his wife. “It’s over! He signed…
