{"id":1850486,"date":"2023-02-17T07:35:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T12:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1850486"},"modified":"2023-02-17T07:38:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T12:38:46","slug":"jim-jordan-demands-answers-on-fbi-targeting-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-demands-answers-on-fbi-targeting-catholics\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jordan Demands Answers on FBI Targeting Catholics"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fjim-jordan-demands-answers-on-fbi-targeting-catholics%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=1850486&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2013e8ca-1a37-4631-97f5-b33380427fe7.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee wants to know why Catholics were targeted in an FBI memo alleging domestic extremism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\">&#8220;The Committee on the Judiciary is continuing to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s (FBI) handling of domestic violent extremism (DVE) investigations. Over the last year, we have written to you several times about startling allegations that the FBI is misusing DVE resources for apparent political purposes,&#8221; Jordan and Republican Congressman Mike Johnson wrote to Christopher Wray on Thursday. &#8220;Since those letters, new information has become public about the FBI&#8217;s targeting of a set of Catholic Americans for their religious beliefs. We therefore write to request additional information about this serious misuse of federal law-enforcement resources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEWS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NEWS<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Jordan<\/a> And a href=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMikeJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#8221;>@RepMikeJohnson<\/a> demand information from Wray on FBI\u2019s anti-catholic memo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnv6cj71Ij\">pic.twitter.com\/tnv6cj71Ij<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1626255553755316225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>&#8220;In the wake of the backlash against the FBI&#8217;s anti-Catholic document, the FBI withdrew the document and blamed the local level field office for its creation and dissemination. However, there remain many questions about the genesis, review, and approval of this document, as well as the FBI&#8217;s commitment to upholding First Amendment protected activity,&#8221; They continued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A leaked FBI report revealed that the Bureau\u2019s Richmond, Virginia Division was investigating the threat of \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>How can that be?<\/p>\n<p>Democrats tell us the government isn\u2019t weaponized against the First Amendment!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1624127256279805952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Jordan&#8217;s letter, Wray is asked to reply by March 2 if he is unable to provide documentation regarding the memo that targeted Catholics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which was also created, is also being investigated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another way that the federal government illegally armed the American people is by targeting Catholics who are practicing Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>The House Select Subcommittee on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Weaponization?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Weaponization<\/a> We will not back down from our responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Accountability is on the horizon.https:\/\/t.co\/KgC3wkBqLL&#8221;>https:\/\/t.co\/KgC3wkBqLL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1625167131317870593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee wants to know why Catholics were targeted in an FBI memo alleging domestic extremism.\u00a0 &#8220;The Committee on the Judiciary is continuing to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s (FBI) handling of domestic violent extremism (DVE) investigations. 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