The prosecutor leading the charge against transgender medicine whistleblower Dr. Eithan Haim has been recused from the case after information revealed a major conflict of interest regarding her family's involvement in the hospital system.
Haim has been the subject of an ongoing criminal case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after he leaked documents to the media that revealed Texas Children's Hospital in Houston was performing transgender medical procedures on minors through May 2023, despite the fact that hospital leadership announced it had stopped providing sex-change surgeries and puberty blockers the year before.
Tina Ansari, assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, indicted Haim on charges that he violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which protects patients' health information and gives them rights over their health records.
In a Nov. 13, 2024 letter, Haim's lawyers notified the DOJ about what they believed to be an undisclosed conflict of interest that "Ms. Ansari’s close family members have substantial financial and political ties to third parties in this case, Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), who may constitute victims and witnesses" in the criminal prosecution of Dr. Haim.
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