{"id":1589119,"date":"2022-08-04T13:25:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589119"},"modified":"2022-08-04T13:25:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:25:40","slug":"identify-patriotic-americans-as-suspects-sen-ted-cruz-confronts-wray-on-project-veritas-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/identify-patriotic-americans-as-suspects-sen-ted-cruz-confronts-wray-on-project-veritas-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Identify Patriotic Americans As Suspects\u2019: Sen. Ted Cruz Confronts Wray On Project Veritas Leak"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fidentify-patriotic-americans-as-suspects-sen-ted-cruz-confronts-wray-on-project-veritas-leak%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=1589119&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/14493-e1659632291297.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz confronted FBI Director Christopher Wray about a leak of alleged FBI material by the conservative activist group, Project Veritas, at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/26\/ted-cruz-biden-official-state-dept-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cruz<\/a> tried to make the case that the FBI has a repeated pattern of targeting conservatives and \u201cpatriotic Americans.\u201d He pointed to a copy of FBI training material obtained by Project Veritas that allegedly listed the Betsy Ross, Gadsden and Gonzales Battle flags as themes \u201cindicative of militia violent extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirector Wray, what are you all doing?\u201d Cruz asked. \u201cThis makes no sense. Do you agree with this FBI guidance that the Betsy Ross flag and the Gadsden flag and the Gonzales Battle flag are signs of militia violent extremism?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, I am not familiar with the document behind you and I\u2019m not in the practice of trying to comment on a document that I haven\u2019t recognized. But, I will tell you that when we put out intelligence products, including ones that reference symbols which we do across a wide variety of context, we usually make great pains to put caveats and warnings in the document that make clear that a symbol alone is not considered evidence of violent extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator said the document does not include symbols connected to Antifa and Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, you identify patriotic Americans as suspects,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>The senator said this has become a pattern by the FBI, pointing to the National School Board Association <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/30\/national-school-board-association-biden-admin-police-parents-terror-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">requesting<\/a> U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland use the Gun-Free School Zones Act and the USA PATRIOT Act to stop threats and violence that could be \u201cthe equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.\u201d The organization later <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/22\/nsba-parents-domestic-terrorists-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apologized<\/a> for the letter. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/03\/ted-cruz-grills-doj-official-pro-abortion-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018You Need To Follow The Law\u2019: Ted Cruz Grills DOJ Official On The Handling Of Pro-Abortion Attacks)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many moms and dads who have spoken up at school boards has the FBI interviewed or investigated since the memo for the attorney general?\u201d Cruz asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not aware of any,\u201d Wray said. \u201cSecond, let me address the issue\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not aware of any? Like the House of Representatives has written and they have asked you about it,\u201d Cruz interjected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me say to you and to this committee the same thing I said to every FBI field office after I read the memo, which was that the FBI is not going to be in the business of investigating speech, to policing speech at school board meetings or anywhere else,\u201d Wray answered. \u201cAnd that we\u2019re not about to start now, that threats of violence, that\u2019s a different matter altogether and there we will work with our state and local partners as we always have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Cruz repeated his question, Wray said there have been \u201csmall assessments and investigations\u201d of people making threats. The senator said the House sent Wray oversight letters detailing dozens of investigations directed at parents attending school board meetings to oppose mask mandates and critical race theory.<\/p>\n<p>The senator pointed to the case of four men conspiring to kidnap Republican Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, which he called a \u201ctotal debacle.\u201d Two men were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/08\/two-michigan-men-acquitted-plot-kidnap-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquitted<\/a> and the others received mistrials. He asked about the number of FBI agents reprimanded over the case, to which Wray would not comment on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Texas Sen. 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