During testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in October, Attorney General Merrick Garland denied the Department of Justice was treating parents like domestic terrorists.
"Nothing in any memorandum is about parents expressing disagreements with school boards," Garland said.
But according to an FBI memo given to Congress by a whistleblower, the FBI issued threat tags against parents. The same tags are used to track drug and human traffickers.
Now, lawmakers are demanding Garland return to Capitol Hill to explain himself.
After Targeting Parents, FBI Attempts Damage Control and Makes Things Worse
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiep...worse-n2599238
News broke Tuesday that the FBI put threat tags on parents protesting at school board meetings. The information was exposed by a whistleblower, who brought a memo detailing the tagging to members of Congress. From Spencer's reporting:
A letter from House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) calling out Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland outlines the documents turned over by the whistleblower and demands answers from the DOJ about a new "threat tag" being used to track parents.In an effort to do damage control, the FBI released a statement arguing the practice is standard and compared parents to drug dealers and human traffickers.
"The email... referenced your October 4 directive to the FBI to address school board threats and notified FBI personnel about a new "threat tag" created by the Counterterrorism and Criminal Divisions," writes Jordan. "The email directed FBI personnel to apply this new threat tag to all 'investigations and assessments of threats specifically directed against school board administrations, board members, teachers, and staff.'"
"A tag is merely a statistical tool to track information and for review and reporting. The creation of a threat tag in no way changes the long-standing requirements for opening an investigation," the FBI released in a statement. "Nor does it represent in a shift in how the FBI prioritizes threats. The FBI has used tags to track everything from drug trafficking to human trafficking."
Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland to return for testimony after he claimed the FBI was not being used to directly target parents.
.@HawleyMO: Garland must return to testify under oath
"The Attorney General has a problem with the truth. He needs to... answer what is going on here. Why is the Patriot Act being used against parents?" pic.twitter.com/oAUbZvapAK
— Abigail Marone ???? (@abigailmarone) November 17, 2021
Comment - the garland DOJ lies , lies and Lies
they target parents opposed to crt indoctrination - and will Lie, cheat, , arrest adn prosecute such 'domestic terrorists' - that they created from flatus adn moonbeams
they will ruin lives adn imprison in concentration camps all who protest against federal control adn CRT and Racism indoctrination in Schools.
That is teh democraticommunist party!
Buck fiden
From my cold dead hands!
