According to recent discoveries from America First Legal, the FBI was taken off guard when Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered the agency to “use its power” to treat worried parents at school board meetings like domestic terrorist threats.
“On October 7, 2021, following the unprecedented memorandum – AFL requested the DOJ Office of Inspector General investigate ‘whether the Attorney General’s Memorandum was formulated and issued based on improper considerations’,” AFL noted.
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“AFL highlighted serious irregularities, including evidence demonstrating that the memorandum’s stated justification was a fabricated pretext by the Biden White House to chill parents’ speech and political action,” the announcement added to the Twitter thread.
“Yesterday, AFL received a FOIA production from the FBI in response to a request for records made 18 months earlier,” AFL said Thursday afternoon. “This 2-page production paints a stunning picture of the internal conversations circulating at the DOJ on the day the unprecedented memo was issued.”
“On October 4, 2021, following the release of the memo, the Assistant Director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division sent an email to his FBI colleagues, making sure they had all seen the memo and explaining that he was trying to ‘track down additional on this from today’,” the thread continued.
“This email suggests that AG Garland’s memorandum had blindsided the FBI Counterterrorism Division…”
“A senior FBI attorney responded nine minutes later, ‘I hope DOJ reconsiders’,” it noted. “Another employee responds on the chain and loops in Monty Wilkinson — the former Acting AG at the start of the Biden Admin, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Attorney General Eric Holder, and current Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (USAEO)… ”
“In the email, the employee states that FBI was ‘asking that the memo be revised,’ to which an employee from the USAEO replies, ‘it’s a little too late’,” the thread added. “The FBI production and the @Weaponization@JudiciaryGOP report confirm AFL’s allegations that AG Garland’s memorandum attacking parents was an abuse of the Department of Justice’s power for improper partisan political purposes.”
“We have known all along that the timeline at issue – a letter to the President followed by an Attorney General memorandum within days –indicated that the underlying premise for the memorandum was as fake as the Biden Administration’s commitment to the equal application of the law,” Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Vice-President and General Counsel, said in a press release. “The report issued by the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government and the House Judiciary Committee this week confirms our assertions about the Attorney General’s memorandum. And now, the records we are revealing today further show that the memo blindsided the FBI. Stay tuned for more details as we continue our vital work.”
The memo entitled “Justice Department Handles Violent Threats Against School Authorities and Teachers,” which was published by the attorney general in October 2021, contained information on the DOJ’s efforts.
“Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation’s public schools, today Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices to meet in the next 30 days with federal, state, Tribal, territorial and local law enforcement leaders to discuss strategies for addressing this disturbing trend,” the DOJ said. “These sessions will open dedicated lines of communication for threat reporting, assessment and response by law enforcement.”
The Biden administration has been urged to look into parents who have voiced concerns about the radical ideology being promoted in their children’s schools by the National School Boards Association, in a daring step. This demand demonstrates a strong commitment to defending the educational system and making sure that kids have an equitable and balanced educational experience. The NSBA sets the bar for accountability and responsibility in the educational field by taking a strong stance on this problem. They have made it plain that they are committed to making sure that our kids get the education they deserve.
“Early demands from the National School Boards Association to the White House included calling for the deployment of the Army National Guard and the military police to monitor school board meetings, according to an early draft letter the organization’s independent review,” according to Fox News.
“In contrast to the final version, the draft of the NSBA letter said, “We ask that the Army National Guard and its Military Police be deployed to certain school districts and related events where students and school personnel have been subjected to acts and threats of violence.”
“The NSBA had originally sent a letter to President Biden in September 2021 that asked for parents protesting at school board meetings to be federally looked into, saying school officials were facing threats and violence at meetings,” the report added. “Most significantly the NSBA requested in its original letter that parents’ actions should be examined under the Patriot Act as ‘domestic terrorists’.”
The AFL has published a statement strongly denouncing the alleged targeting of worried parents by the FBI amid accusations of cooperation between the White House and school advocacy groups. Many people are now doubting the Biden administration’s commitment to defending American families’ rights in the wake of this contentious action, which has caused considerable outcry. The AFL is steadfast in its stance that all parents deserve to have a role in their children’s education without fear of persecutory action or retaliation, despite the fact that the entire scope of this alleged cooperation is still unknown.
“Key Biden Administration stakeholders, including the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, and others, have combined to oppress, threaten, and intimidate parents to chill and prevent them from exercising the rights or privileges secured by the Constitution.”
“Upon information and belief, at the express direction of or with the express consent of Jane Doe #1, Jane Doe #2 and other Biden Administration officials developed a plan to use a letter from an outside group (“not the usual suspects”) as pretext for federal action to chill, deter, and discourage parents from exercising their constitutional rights and privileges,” said the letter.
“Upon information and belief, in or about mid-September work began on development of what became the Attorney General’s Memorandum. Concerns expressed by department staff included (1) the absence of federal law enforcement nexus and authority, and (2) the constitutionally protected nature of parent protests. However, Jane Doe #2 made it clear this was a White House priority and a deliverable would be created,” added the legal memo.
The AFL has discovered a cunning way around jurisdictional concerns regarding the FBI’s surveillance and intimidation of parents who disagree with the contentious Critical Race Theory by invoking legal authorities from the Patriot Act. Professionals and legal experts are paying attention to the document since it reveals a strategic move.
“On or about September 29, citing legal authorities including the Patriot Act, the ‘National School Boards Association’ made public a letter demanding federal action against parents citing authorities including the Patriot Act. The justification for federal action included, inter alia, parents were ‘posting watchlists against school boards and spreading misinformation (sic) that boards are adopting critical race theory curriculum and working to maintain online learning by haphazardly attributing it to COVID-19.’ It is not yet clear whether and to what extent drafts of this letter were shared with Biden Administration officials, including Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2, and whether changes were suggested or made by them, prior to the ostensible public release date.”
The letter ends with a request to look into the Department of Justice’s cooperation with independent organizations.
“Accordingly, we request your Office investigate whether the Attorney General’s Memorandum was formulated and issued based on improper considerations. At this point, the dangers inherent in the undue politicization of the department’s criminal and civil law enforcement authorities, and in the corruption of the department’s standard order and process, should be evident,” the letter was concluded by Reed Rubinstein, Senior Counselor and Director of Oversight and Investigations for the AFL.
The report on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s directive was released on Tuesday by the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. According to the study, Merrick Garland, the attorney general, lacked “any legal justification” for ordering the FBI to “use its authority” against parents who spoke out during school board meetings.
“The FBI later opened dozens of investigations into parents’ conduct at school board meetings, using the EDUOFFICIALS threat tag, in almost every region of the country and
relating to all types of educational settings,” the report stated.
The House report provided cases of parents who were the targets of FBI inquiries and harassment.
- After being accused of making threatening remarks at a nearby school board, the FBI’s investigation of a mother who belongs to the “right wing mom’s group” “Moms for Liberty” has drawn attention. The mother was accused of posing a threat since she was a gun owner in the complaint, which was made through the National Threat Operations Center tip line. The mother clarified, however, that her remarks were merely a warning that her organization would attempt to replace the school board with new members through the democratic process when she was questioned by the FBI. This is but one illustration of the great division and hostility around COVID-19 regulations and the function of the government in our day-to-day lives.
- Several people are interested in the FBI’s latest investigation of a father who is against mask mandates. The National Threat Operations Center snitch-line got the anonymous report, which highlighted the father’s opinions, which included criticizing the government, holding a number of conspiracy theories, and having a large number of guns that he allegedly threatened to use. This case highlights the ongoing tensions around mask mandates and the use of anonymous tip-lines to report “suspicious behavior” even though the complainant admitted to having no specific evidence and contacted the FBI after finding a website dedicated to reporting “concerning behavior directed toward school boards.”
- A recent severe claim against a number of Republican state elected officials was referred to the FBI for investigation. A state Democrat party official complained that these authorities were making “online terroristic threats against school board members,” and even that one of the officials had “incited violence” by criticizing the vaccination requirements for school districts. The National Threat Operations Center’s snitch-line alerted the FBI to this instance, which is being treated seriously. We can only be hopeful that justice will eventually be served while the investigation is still ongoing.
“These investigations into concerned parents were the direct result of Attorney General Garland’s October 4 directive,” the report found.
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