{"id":2000358,"date":"2023-08-14T17:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T21:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-renews-calls-for-garland-to-withdraw-unjustified-school-board-memo\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T21:27:02","slug":"gop-lawmaker-renews-calls-for-garland-to-withdraw-unjustified-school-board-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-renews-calls-for-garland-to-withdraw-unjustified-school-board-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmaker renews calls for Garland to withdraw \u2018unjustified\u2019 school board memo"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fgop-lawmaker-renews-calls-for-garland-to-withdraw-unjustified-school-board-memo%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=2000358&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>A freshman Republican lawmaker is renewing calls for Attorney General Merrick Garland to withdraw a memo aimed at combating alleged violence against school teachers, pointing to testimony from other Biden administration officials that indicate its language was \u201cunjustified.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> In a letter sent to Garland on Monday, Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) pressed the attorney general to \u201cimmediately rescind\u201d the school board memo that was issued nearly two years ago, reiterating previous claims from GOP lawmakers that the directive unfairly targeted conservative parents. Congressional Republicans have repeatedly demanded Garland repeal the memo since its publication, but Garland has refused to do so. <\/p>\n<p> FBI AGENT CORROBORATES WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIM IN NEW HUNTER BIDEN TRANSCRIPT <\/p>\n<p> \u201cDirector Wray left no doubt that this memo was entirely without justification,\u201d Kiley wrote. \u201cBased on the lack of evidence to support the action you took \u2026 and the fact that even the requesting organization with which the Biden administration had direct communication has walked back their allegations, I am calling on you to immediately rescind the directive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Garland issued the memo in October 2021, ordering federal agencies to meet with local law enforcement officials to discuss a \u201cdisturbing trend\u201d of threats against school officials over issues such as COVID-19 policies and school curricula. The memo came after a request from the National School Boards Association for the Justice Department to address such threats. <\/p>\n<p> However, the NSBA later apologized for its request to the Biden administration, noting \u201cthere was no justification for some of the language included in the letter.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> House Republicans later opened an investigation into the memo shortly after taking control of the lower chamber in January, releasing a report in March that found there was \u201cno legitimate basis\u201d for the directive. Instead, GOP lawmakers argued the memo was released for political purposes. <\/p>\n<p> Kiley specifically cited recent testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray in front of lawmakers last month, during which the top government official conceded there was no \u201ccompelling evidence\u201d for Garland\u2019s memo. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis committee\u2019s investigation concluded that the Justice Department\u2019s own documents demonstrated there was no compelling justification for the attorney general\u2019s directive,\u201d Kiley said during the July 12 testimony. \u201cDo you have any reason to dispute that conclusion?\u201d <\/p>\n<p> \u201cNo,\u201d Wray responded. <\/p>\n<p> Garland has previously defended the memo, telling Senate lawmakers earlier this year he would not rescind the letter because it was \u201caimed at violence and threats of violence against a whole host of school personnel.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt was not aimed at parents making complaints to their school board,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it came in the context of a whole series of other kinds of violent threats and violence against other public officials.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/p>\n<p> Democrats have also defended the memo, dismissing House Republicans\u2019 claims that the memo was politically motivated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJim Jordan has cherry-picked a few sentences from hundreds of pages of documents to manufacture a book report on a debunked conspiracy theory,\u201d Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said of the report. \u201cAs with all of his recent work, he has produced little or no new evidence to support his claims.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A freshman Republican lawmaker is renewing calls for Attorney General Merrick Garland to withdraw a memo aimed at combating alleged violence against school teachers, pointing to testimony from other Biden administration officials that indicate its language was \u201cunjustified.\u201d In a letter sent to Garland on Monday, Rep. 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