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Biden Justice Department Sought ‘Federal Hook’ To Go After Parents As ‘Domestic Terrorists’: Report

UNITED STATES, JUL 18 – Internal DOJ emails reveal efforts to find legal grounds to criminally charge protesting parents despite career attorneys warning of First Amendment violations, documents show.

  • America First Legal, conservative legal group, revealed that Merrick Garland's DOJ actively sought a ‘federal hook’ to investigate parents at school board meetings.
  • In late September 2021, NSBA sent a letter asking Biden for counterterrorism resources, prompting DOJ and White House to explore legal authority, documents reveal.
  • Almost all cited behavior was protected by the First Amendment, as Department of Justice Civil Rights Division attorneys warned that NSBA-cited conduct ‘likely falls outside of our jurisdiction’.
  • The Justice Department mobilized the FBI, five days after Garland issued a mandate, to investigate parents labeled ‘domestic terrorists’.
  • No credible threat justified the Garland memo, yet Garland and DOJ officials proceeded under White House pressure, exposing political overreach.
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