{"id":1068638,"date":"2021-11-30T12:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068638"},"modified":"2021-11-30T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:59:33","slug":"ben-sasse-and-others-want-ag-garland-back-in-hot-seat-the-fbi-should-be-going-after-mobsters-not-soccer-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-sasse-and-others-want-ag-garland-back-in-hot-seat-the-fbi-should-be-going-after-mobsters-not-soccer-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Sasse And Others Want AG Garland Back In Hot Seat: \u2018The FBI Should Be Going After Mobsters, Not Soccer Moms\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-sasse-and-others-want-ag-garland-back-in-hot-seat-the-fbi-should-be-going-after-mobsters-not-soccer-moms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068638&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Been Sasse (R-NE) joined six other Senate Republicans in calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland to return to Capitol Hill and face additional questions about the Justice Department\u2019s role in addressing tensions between parents and school boards.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-republicans-ag-garland-testify-again-statements-misleading\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><em>Seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> are asking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attorney General Merrick Garland<\/a> to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, stating that previous testimony appeared to be \u201cdeeply misleading\u201d in describing the department\u2019s attempts to counter purported school board intimidation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><em>\u201cThe FBI should be going after mobsters, not soccer moms. Attorney General Garland has told one story but the actions of some in the Department of Justice tell another,\u201d said Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., in an exclusive statement to Fox News. \u201cHe needs to return to the Judiciary Committee and give clear answers to the American people.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/watch-senator-cruz-unloads-on-ag-merrick-garland-grills-him-over-why-he-dodged-key-question\/\">Garland<\/a> on Monday, the cosigning Republicans voiced concern that the attorney general\u2019s October 27th testimony did not align with information provided by a whistleblower. They also questioned, as many had during the hearing, how closely Garland intended the DOJ to follow his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/ag-garland-says-he-wont-rescind-doj-memo-directing-fbi-to-investigate-confrontations-at-school-board-meetings\/\">October 4th memo<\/a>, which suggested the FBI could be deployed to manage situations that arose in local school board meetings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Senate Judiciary GOP calls upon AG Merrick Garland to testify before them again: \u201cWe remain deeply concerned that your October 4 Memorandum is being used by the DOJ and the FBI as a basis to pursue investigations against American parents for First Amendment-protected activities.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yMrnJ8iuCu\">pic.twitter.com\/yMrnJ8iuCu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Christmas \ud83c\udf84\ud83c\udf85\ud83c\udffd (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1465491869949956099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Garland, who avoided the use of the term \u201cdomestic terror\u201d when referring to concerned parents in his own memo \u2014 insisted during his testimony that the Justice Department would only be utilized in cases where violence had occurred or had been threatened. But his memo, which was in response to a request from the National School Board Association that <em>did<\/em> suggest disruptive parents were potentially engaging in acts of domestic terror, suggested that the FBI could be deployed in instances of alleged harassment rather than only in cases of violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain deeply concerned that your October 4 Memorandum is being used by the DOJ and the FBI as a basis to pursue investigations against American parents for First Amendment-protected activities,\u201d the letter read. Signers included, in addition to Sasse, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee, (R-UT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou stated that the \u2018purpose of this Memorandum is to get our law enforcement to assess the extent of the problem\u2019 and that the Memo \u2018comes before investigations.\u2019 When asked why the DOJ was treating parents at school boards as domestic terrorists, you said: \u2018[m]y Memo says nothing about domestic terrorism, says nothing about parents committing any such things,\u201d the letter continued.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI informed Fox News in an earlier statement that Garland\u2019s memo \u201cin no way changes the long-standing requirements for opening an investigation, nor does it represent a shift in how the FBI prioritizes threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Attorney General\u2019s memorandum simply underscores the FBI\u2019s ongoing efforts to assist state, local, and federal partners to address threats of violence, regardless of the motivation. The FBI has never been in the business of investigating parents who speak out or policing speech at school board meetings, and we are not going to start now,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Been Sasse (R-NE) joined six other Senate Republicans in calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland to return to Capitol Hill and face additional questions about the Justice Department\u2019s role in addressing tensions between parents and school boards.Fox News reported:Seven Republicans are asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, stating that previous testimony appeared to be \u201cdeeply misleading\u201d in describing the department\u2019s attempts to counter purported school board intimidation.\u201cThe FBI should be going after mobsters, not soccer moms. Attorney General Garland has told one story but the actions of some in the Department of Justice tell another,\u201d said Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., in an exclusive statement to Fox News. \u201cHe needs to return to the Judiciary Committee and give clear answers to the American people.\u201d\u00a0According to the letter, sent to Garland on Monday, the cosigning Republicans voiced concern that the attorney general\u2019s October 27th testimony did not align with information provided by a whistleblower. They also questioned, as many had during the hearing, how closely Garland intended the DOJ to follow his October 4th memo, which suggested the FBI could be deployed to manage situations that arose in local school board meetings.Senate Judiciary GOP calls upon AG Merrick Garland to testify before them again: \u201cWe remain deeply concerned that your October 4 Memorandum is being used by the DOJ and the FBI as a basis to pursue investigations against American parents for First Amendment-protected activities.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/yMrnJ8iuCu\u2014 Jerry Christmas \ud83c\udf84\ud83c\udf85\ud83c\udffd (@JerryDunleavy) November 30, 2021Garland, who avoided the use of the term \u201cdomestic terror\u201d when referring to concerned parents in his own memo \u2014 insisted during his testimony that the Justice Department would only be utilized in cases where violence had occurred or had been threatened. But his memo, which was in response to a request from the National School Board Association that did suggest disruptive parents were potentially engaging in acts of domestic terror, suggested that the FBI could be deployed in instances of alleged harassment rather than only in cases of violence.\u201cWe remain deeply concerned that your October 4 Memorandum is being used by the DOJ and the FBI as a basis to pursue investigations against American parents for First Amendment-protected activities,\u201d the letter read. Signers included, in addition to Sasse, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee, (R-UT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).\u201cYou stated that the \u2018purpose of this Memorandum is to get our law enforcement to assess the extent of the problem\u2019 and that the Memo \u2018comes before investigations.\u2019 When asked why the DOJ was treating parents at school boards as domestic terrorists, you said: \u2018[m]y Memo says nothing about domestic terrorism, says nothing about parents committing any such things,\u201d the letter continued.The FBI informed Fox News in an earlier statement that Garland\u2019s memo \u201cin no way changes the long-standing requirements for opening an investigation, nor does it represent a shift in how the FBI prioritizes threats.\u201d\u201cThe Attorney General\u2019s memorandum simply underscores the FBI\u2019s ongoing efforts to assist state, local, and federal partners to address threats of violence, regardless of the motivation. The FBI has never been in the business of investigating parents who speak out or policing speech at school board meetings, and we are not going to start now,\u201d the statement concluded.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1068638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}