House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Top Biden Officials Over Targeting Parents Controversy

FBI Director Christopher Wray was subpoenaed on Friday by the House Judiciary Committee for information relating to the accusation that the bureau targeted parents at school board meetings in 2021, according to Fox News.

Jim Jordan, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (R-OH), subpoenaed Department of Education Miguel Cardona, Education Secretary, also appeared on Friday. This forced Wray to appear with him on March 1, according to The Daily Caller. According to, Jordan sent a similar note to the Department of Justice as well as Attorney General Merrick Garland. Breitbart.

Subpoenas force the officials to testify before the committee at 9 a.m. March 1. “misuse of federal criminal and counterterrorism resources” related to school board meetings. The subpoenas also seek documents and communications related to Garland’s October 4, 2021, memo directing the FBI to partner with local law enforcement to investigate threats against school boards and “prosecute them when appropriate,” Fox News.

In the summer of 2021, parents gathered to pressure school boards over a range of issues. These included school mask mandates and inclusion of Critical Race Theory or gender studies in school materials.

Late September saw the National School Boards Association send a letter to Department of Justice requesting federal agents to investigate threats to school board members.

“Coupled with attacks against school board members and educators for approving policies for masks to protect the health and safety of students and school employees, many public school officials are also facing physical threats because of propaganda purporting the false inclusion of critical race theory within classroom instruction and curricula,” The Let me know said.

“NSBA respectfully asks that a joint collaboration among federal law enforcement agencies, state and local law enforcement, and with public school officials be undertaken to focus on these threats. NSBA specifically solicits the expertise and resources of the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service, and its National Threat Assessment Center regarding the level of risk to public schoolchildren, educators, board members, and facilities/campuses,” The letter continues.

Garland published a memo a week after NSBA had sent the letter. Direction The FBI is to investigate the incidents at school board meeting. Republicans were concerned that the Biden administration used federal law enforcement to stop criticisms of COVID policies in schools. There was also parental backlash against leftist theories regarding gender and systemic racism.