{"id":2012351,"date":"2023-08-25T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-demand-wray-explain-potentially-misleading-testimony-about-anti-catholic-memo\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:20:15","slug":"senate-republicans-demand-wray-explain-potentially-misleading-testimony-about-anti-catholic-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-demand-wray-explain-potentially-misleading-testimony-about-anti-catholic-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans want an explanation from Wray regarding his possibly deceptive testimony on the anti-Catholic 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\">32<\/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%2Fsenate-republicans-demand-wray-explain-potentially-misleading-testimony-about-anti-catholic-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=2012351&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--><h2>Senate Republicans Demand Explanation from FBI Director Christopher Wray<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), are calling on FBI Director Christopher Wray to clarify his testimony \u2062regarding an\u200c anti-Catholic FBI memo. Recent\u2062 revelations have raised concerns about the accuracy of Wray&#8217;s statements.\u2062 Sens. James Lankford (R-OK),\u2064 Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted \u2062Cruz (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), Josh Hawley (R-MO),\u2064 and Rick Scott (R-FL) have joined Grassley in demanding accountability from \u200dWray.<\/p>\n<h3>MUGS OF MAGA: MUG SHOTS \u200cOF TRUMP \u200cAND CO-DEFENDANTS \u200dRELEASED\u200d IN GEORGIA RICO CASE<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Director Wray must provide a clear and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-could-raise-gas-prices-even-more-with-a-profits-tax\/\" title=\"California Could Raise Gas Prices Even More With a Profits Tax\">comprehensive explanation<\/a> about the origin of this \u200cconcerning memo and his \u200btestimony before \u200dCongress,&#8221; stated Grassley. &#8220;We will not allow the FBI to deceive Congress and the American people while public trust in the agency continues to \u200bdecline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter issued by Grassley and his colleagues strongly condemned the alleged religious persecution of Catholics, emphasizing that such actions \u200bare contrary to the principles of the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Targeting Americans based on their ideas or political affiliations is always wrong and an abuse of the\u2062 FBI&#8217;s power. It is \u2064particularly alarming when it infringes \u200dupon the\u200c fundamental rights guaranteed \u200bby our Constitution, including the \u2063freedom of religion,&#8221; the letter stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter\u200c also expressed frustration with the slow release of information and the conflicting \u2064details\u2064 that have emerged since \u2062the FBI disavowed the \u2062memo. Grassley and his colleagues\u200c have been met with\u2062 silence and evasion when seeking clarification from the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI responded to inquiries\u200b from the\u200d Washington Examiner,\u2063 acknowledging the\u2063 failures in the production and approval of the memo. The agency assured that corrective actions have been taken, including new training initiatives, stricter approval requirements, and increased accountability\u2063 for employees.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are committed to upholding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\">constitutional rights<\/a> of all Americans. Our investigations\u200c focus on violence, threats of violence, and violations of federal law. We do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-demand-wray-explain-potentially-misleading-testimony-about-anti-catholic-memo\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans want an explanation from Wray regarding his possibly deceptive testimony on the anti-Catholic memo.\">target individuals based solely<\/a> on their First Amendment protected activities, including religious practices,&#8221; the FBI stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Click\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> for more from\u200b the Washington\u2064 Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked memo, which originated from the FBI Richmond office, caused outrage among Catholics and advocates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-churches-finally-got-help-from-scotus-and-it-was-a-huge-blow-to-gavin-newsom\/\" title=\"CA Churches Finally Got Help from SCOTUS and It Was a Huge Blow to Gavin Newsom\">religious freedom<\/a>. Critics argued that it infringed \u2063upon First Amendment rights. \u2062The memo outlined strategies for addressing threats\u2063 of violent\u2062 extremism within the &#8220;radical-traditionalist Catholic&#8221; ideology, including engaging with\u2064 church\u2063 leaders and potentially enlisting\u2063 them as unofficial\u200b informants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and Ted Cruz are among the senators seeking clarification from FBI Director Christopher Wray regarding his testimony on an anti-Catholic memo. The group, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, believes that new information contradicts Wray&#8217;s statements and are demanding further explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2012352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012351","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}