The current DOJ and Department of Education have since issued a joint letter affirming that parents are not terrorists and possess the right to direct their children's education. While the Garland memo has been revoked, additional findings indicate a paradox in leadership shifts: many DOJ and FBI employees who internally protested theBiden-era targeting of parents were subsequently purged from the agency by the Trump administration. The report was issued by the DOJ Weaponization Working Group on the fifth anniversary of the original memo.
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DOJ Report Exposes 25 FBI Probes Into School Board Parents Under Biden
US Politics15 days ago
The United States government pursued legal avenues to penalize citizens for voicing opinions at public school meetings starting in 2021, according to a newly released Justice Department report. The document describes how the FBI opened 25 "Guardian Assessment" investigations into parents, labeling some as domestic terrorists after they protested COVID-19 policies, DEI, and gender ideology. This effort was driven by a memorandum from Attorney General Merrick Garland, issued at the urging of the National School Boards Association and White House officials, to find a federal "hook" for prosecution. An FBI whistleblower told NBC News that supervisors frequently issued these directives in face-to-face meetings to avoid creating a written paper trail.
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