{"id":1971103,"date":"2023-07-12T17:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highlights-from-the-house-judiciary-hearing-with-christopher-wray\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T17:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:22:26","slug":"highlights-from-the-house-judiciary-hearing-with-christopher-wray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highlights-from-the-house-judiciary-hearing-with-christopher-wray\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Moments from House Judiciary Hearing with Christopher Wray"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fhighlights-from-the-house-judiciary-hearing-with-christopher-wray%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=1971103&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray faced another grilling before lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zoe Lofgren Declares FBI Politicization A \u2018Conspiracy\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>California Democrat Congresswoman and former Trump impeachment manager Zoe Lofgren charged Republicans with \u201cengaging in conspiracy theories\u201d to delegitimize the FBI \u201cwithout any evidence\u201d with claims the agency is opposed to conservatives. Such a statement flies in the face of the recent 155-page court opinion from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/1679141848781148161?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missouri v. Biden<\/a><\/em> that outlined a widespread censorship regime, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/08\/new-twitter-files-installment-shows-the-fbi-censoring-journalists-for-being-skeptical-about-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">findings<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/twitter-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter Files<\/a>, and decades of misconduct in the nation\u2019s premier federal law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2081757248\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-efd708b069c2c106e9ec30d61bae93d7 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-efd708b069c2c106e9ec30d61bae93d7\"><\/div>\n<p>Lofgren can catch up on all the evidence she said doesn\u2019t exist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/14\/19-times-democrats-and-doj-deliberately-politicized-law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/19\/think-the-fbi-deserves-the-benefit-of-the-doubt-this-laundry-list-of-corruption-should-make-you-think-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Think The FBI Deserves The Benefit Of The Doubt? This Laundry List Of Corruption Should Make You Think Again<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wray Calls Fed Involvement In J6 Riot \u2018Ludicrous,\u2019 Then Refuses Questions<\/h2>\n<p>Wray <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1679146799242661888?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed<\/a> allegations of undercover FBI involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as \u201cludicrous\u201d and then refused to answer questions about the scale of the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/25\/us\/politics\/capitol-riot-fbi-informant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe notion that somehow the violence at the Capitol on January 6 was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources and agents is ludicrous,\u201d Wray told Tennessee Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-843ecefc4d7071350551a293c962f213 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-843ecefc4d7071350551a293c962f213\"><\/div>\n<p>California Republican Darrell Issa immediately pressed Wray for answers on FBI operations that day wherein undercover informants wherein the Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/exclusive-secret-commandos-shoot-kill-authority-were-capitol-1661330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deployed <\/a>\u201cnational\u201d forces out of the FBI installation at Quantico with \u201cshoot to kill\u201d authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many individuals were either FBI employees or people that the FBI had made contact with, were in the January 6th entry of the Capitol and surrounding area?\u201d Issa asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really need to be careful here [when] talking about where we have or have not used confidential human sources,\u201d Wray said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"uFx7B60h1Zs2pIRGW5kS4U8cglJwvjb3rfTyEK9YPomCz\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Issa: How many individuals that were FBI employees were in the Jan 6th entry of the Capitol?<\/p>\n<p>Wray: I really need to be careful here about were we have or have not used confidential human sources. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NU4IAJBkkb\">pic.twitter.com\/NU4IAJBkkb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Media Research Center (@theMRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMRC\/status\/1679147005921185792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It was far from the first time the FBI has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/11\/fbi-refuses-to-say-how-many-informants-were-involved-in-jan-6-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied explaining<\/a> the agency\u2019s use of undercover informants at the Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-606b25d6637987d286f71f7a32a69e82 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-606b25d6637987d286f71f7a32a69e82\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Massie Presses For Answers On J6 Pipe Bombs<\/h2>\n<p>Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie stepped up the pressure on Wray to give Congress answers over the agency\u2019s effort to track down the suspected pipe bomber who left devices at both the RNC and DNC on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Reps. Massie and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/25\/the-fbi-knows-what-car-was-used-in-j6-dnc-pipe-bomb-but-refuses-to-identify-prime-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demanded<\/a> an FBI briefing on the pipe bomb cases after a whistleblower revealed the agency identified the car used by the prime suspect but refused to track the vehicle down. Both bombs were reportedly inoperable, according to the whistleblower.<\/p>\n<p>Wray sought to hide behind longstanding departmental policy not to comment on active investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Massie reminded Wray that it\u2019s been 900 days since the bombs were discovered.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"cCeL5Sq9lPvHy1DAd67ouVBE8fUXKn0MgObQRpiJkxzhmwr3jTIsFYZaWG\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FBI Director Christopher Wray Refuses To Answer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepThomasMassie<\/a>&#8216;s Questions About The January 6th Pipe Bombs, The Bizarre Circumstances Surrounding Their Discovery And The Missing Phone Data That Could Have Helped Identify The Bomber<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Massie and Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Jordan<\/a> sent\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/liY281CXqr\">pic.twitter.com\/liY281CXqr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Columbia Bugle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColumbiaBugle\/status\/1679155064479391746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wray Held Russian-Infiltrated Surveillance Service As \u2018Longstanding Partner\u2019 In Censorship<\/h2>\n<p>Wray defended the FBI\u2019s relationship with the Russian-infiltrated intelligence agency in Ukraine to censor American speech. The Security Service of Ukraine, Wray <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/politics\/house-gop-fbi-director-christopher-wray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/ukraine-double-agent-russian-invasion-fsb-intelligence-operatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notoriously<\/a> compromised by the Kremlin, is a \u201clongstanding good partner\u201d of the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>A new interim <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/fbi-sbu-staff-report-7.10.23-sm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from the House Judiciary\u2019s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government out Monday revealed the FBI colluded with the Ukrainian agency to flag social media posts to Silicon Valley tech giants for censorship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/11\/report-fbi-colluded-with-russian-infiltrated-agency-in-ukraine-to-censor-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI Colluded With Russian-Infiltrated Agency In Ukraine To Censor Americans<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wray Admits To Catholic Surveillance<\/h2>\n<p>While Democrats spent the hours-long hearing making excuses for decades of agency misconduct, the FBI director admitted to surveillance of Catholic parishes.<\/p>\n<p>In February, former FBI Special Agent Kyle Seraphin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2023\/02\/08\/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> that \u201cthe FBI\u2019s Richmond Division would like to protect Virginians from the threat of \u2018white supremacy,\u2019 which it believes has found a home within Catholics who prefer the Latin Mass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans followed up with a letter to Wray in April \u201cWe know the FBI, relying on information derived from at least one undercover employee, sought to use local religious organizations as \u2018\u2019new avenues for tripwire and source development.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think priests should be informants inside the church?\u201d Jordan asked Wray at Wednesday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Wray conceded the FBI may have deployed resources to surveil Catholic parishes but maintained the episode in Richmond did not \u201cresult in any investigative action.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"P5wjsp1MWuSLmY47o2vQHV3UyOFxETCkRig\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MUST WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Jordan<\/a> SHREDS FBI Director Over Politically Motivated Targeting of Catholics<\/p>\n<p>JORDAN: &#8220;They&#8217;re trying to put informants in the\u2026Church\u2026And you won&#8217;t let us talk to the people who did it\u2026Do you think priests should be informants?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WRAY: &#8220;That product did\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/exGFLVkSPL\">pic.twitter.com\/exGFLVkSPL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1679157734879494150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wray Admits FBI Sought Amerians\u2019 Financial Records From Bank Of America<\/h2>\n<p>The FBI director said agency cooperation with American financial institutions to surveil U.S. citizens was routine practice.<\/p>\n<p>An FBI whistleblower came forward earlier this year to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/06\/whistleblower-fbis-d-c-office-tried-to-sic-local-agents-on-innocents-after-bank-of-america-volunteered-gun-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reveal<\/a> the FBI obtained a \u201chuge list\u201d of Americans\u2019 financial records with transactions on credit or debit cards logged near the nation\u2019s capitol around the time of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge Hill, former FBI supervisory intelligence analyst in the Boston field office, told us that the Bank of America, with no legal process, gave to the FBI gun purchase records with no geographical boundaries for anybody that was a Bank of America customer. Is that true?\u201d asked Rep. Massie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of business community partners all the time, including financial institutions, share information with us about possible criminal activity, and my understanding is that that\u2019s fully lawful,\u201d Wray said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"bYMjWFd3WR5k4aihSsT9NKoJ6c5kfHtuvsMxrC4ELRgqGZPQqx8nAtzeDco732gbrBziAhlXeZNnpQP9DESUlV0w6uYO1mdG0H\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepThomasMassie<\/a> presses FBI Director Christopher Wray on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BankofAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BankofAmerica<\/a> tracking and sharing their customers&#8217; data with the FBI, without their permission: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/URh9W57nqU\">pic.twitter.com\/URh9W57nqU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Consumers&#8217; Research (@ConsumersFirst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConsumersFirst\/status\/1679159231876825091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>[READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/wray-admits-bank-of-america-other-businesses-share-innocent-americans-records-with-fbi-all-the-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wray Admits Bank Of America, Other Businesses Share Innocent Americans\u2019 Records With FBI \u2018All The Time\u2019<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wray Refuses To Condemn Armed Raid Of Pro-Life Activist<\/h2>\n<p>Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy pressed the FBI director over the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/26\/fbi-raids-pro-lifers-home-arrests-him-in-front-of-his-kids-after-ignoring-pro-abortion-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">armed raid<\/a> and arrest of a Christian pro-life activist named Mark Houck last fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to second-guess the judgment of the career agents on the ground who made the determination,\u201d Wray said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut your job is to second guess and look at what they\u2019re doing,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"C7smH3yYOT4KDNhLik19bB2FgpIt6aPx8Q5VMX0SWvlwz\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SHOCK: FBI Director Chris Wray REFUSES to condemn armed raid and arrest of pro-life activist Mark Houck when questioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChipRoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepChipRoy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could not disagree more with your description of the FBI as &#8216;tyrannical!'&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vgx3QwqyY3\">pic.twitter.com\/Vgx3QwqyY3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1679173630595416065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Houck was ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/30\/mark-houck-pro-life-dad-targeted-by-biden-regime-acquitted-of-trumped-up-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acquitted<\/a> of all charges in January.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gaetz Accuses FBI Of Protecting The Bidens<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz accused the FBI of engaging in double standards of justice by protecting the Biden family. According to whistleblowers within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/22\/delaware-prosecutors-hid-fbi-bribery-document-from-irs-investigators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concealed<\/a> critical records from federal tax investigators, including an unclassified\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/16\/everything-we-know-about-the-biden-bribery-scheme-from-the-fbi-document\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FD-1023 form<\/a> implicating the president and Hunter Biden in a multi-million-dollar bribery scheme with foreign actors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you protecting the Bidens?\u201d Gaetz asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d Wray said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"rKpJmV0ujVy2G5BiR4QTF6S3mrihhN48OLPsJoxwHHEPdFZtvklKT2bQUAfYOZn0nc\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matt Gaetz sparked a contentious exchange with FBI Director Christopher Wray in today&#8217;s House Judiciary Committee hearing by questioning if Wray was &#8220;protecting the Bidens?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely not,&#8221; Wray responded. &#8220;The FBI has no interest in protecting anyone politically.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QsFr5klFmW\">pic.twitter.com\/QsFr5klFmW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POLITICO (@politico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico\/status\/1679208441233960965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wray Won\u2019t Say Whether DOJ Should Rescind Memo Targeting Concerned Parents<\/h2>\n<p>California Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley asked Wray whether the FBI director believed the Justice Department should rescind a memo directing staff to surveil concerned parents who show up at school board meetings.<\/p>\n<p>In March, House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee published an interim staff report that concluded the Biden administration had \u201cno legitimate basis\u201d for deploying counterterrorism resources on parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears, from these documents and the information received previously,\u201d the report read, \u201cthat the Administration\u2019s actions were a political offensive meant to quell swelling discord over controversial education curricula and unpopular school board decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould Attorney General Garland rescind that memo?\u201d Kiley asked.<\/p>\n<p>Wray deferred the question to the attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the FBI conducted itself the way it should here,\u201d Wray said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"6Mhm2Gs9lHdjaqr1ufl8DpyFUGOAXAQ15Vng4NZeP8E0zhrQ0c7SzxtOd3wciUf\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FBI Director Wray agrees there was \u201cno compelling nationwide law enforcement justification\u201d for AG Garland\u2019s directive for the FBI to surveil parents attending their children\u2019s school board meetings, but refuses to say whether Garland should rescind the memo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nlvdal2goK\">pic.twitter.com\/Nlvdal2goK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1679170251475546112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ad674ae4bedee80c5952ac212e58f630 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ad674ae4bedee80c5952ac212e58f630\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray faced intense questioning from lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, accused Republicans of spreading baseless conspiracy theories to undermine the FBI&#8217;s credibility. 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