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A US Senate investigation reveals that anti-Catholic animus in the FBI runs deep, and several unsettling questions remain.
Over two years ago, the nation’s top law enforcement agency landed in hot water when a memo leakeddetailing plans to infiltrate and illegally spy on certain Catholic parishes and classifying American Catholics devoted to the Tridentine Mass as “Radical-Traditionalist Catholics” and “Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists.” The memo, drafted and approved by the FBI’s Richmond field office, caused outrage and initiated a series of congressional hearings, during which then-FBI director Christopher Wray attested, under oath, that the Richmond field office had acted alone in drafting the memo, which was never circulated or meant to be circulated to the FBI more broadly. Wray lied.
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Over two years ago, the nation’s top law enforcement agency landed in hot water when a memo leakeddetailing plans to infiltrate and illegally spy on certain Catholic parishes and classifying American Catholics devoted to the Tridentine Mass as “Radical-Traditionalist Catholics” and “Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists.” The memo, drafted and approved by the FBI’s Richmond field office, caused outrage and initiated a series of congressional hearings, during which then-FBI director Christopher Wray attested, under oath, that the Richmond field office had acted alone in drafting the memo, which was never circulated or meant to be circulated to the FBI more broadly. Wray lied.
In a letter to current FBI director Kash Patel, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and the Senate Judiciary Committee requested further documents related to the FBI’s targeting of American Catholics, in addition to revealing that the agency’s anti-Catholic animus spread far beyond the Richmond office. Grassley wrote that, contrary to Wray’s testimony, the anti-Catholic memo “had been widely distributed to FBI field offices across the country.” In fact, the memo reportedly reached at least 1,000 FBI employees in multiple field offices across the country.
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Christopher Wray Lied: The FBI Was Targeting American Catholics » The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Wray withheld crucial info from Senators while senate investigation reveals deep anti-Catholic animus in the FBI.
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