Jordan demands answers from Wray after leaked FBI memo suggests agency may be targeting Catholics
FOX NewsNov 25, 2022
House Judiciary Committee: FBI Offices Targeted 'Radical' Catholics
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The Facts
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released a less-redacted internal FBI document suggesting that the agency labeled some Catholics as “extremists” and targeted them with far greater frequency than Director Christopher Wray admitted to the committee.
Multiple FBI field offices contributed to a memo that labeled some traditionalist Catholics as “potential terrorists," contradicting Wray's July sworn congressional testimony that claimed the FBI’s Catholic investigation was “a single product by a single field office.”
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
It was already confirmed that, as suspected, the FBI has slandered and targeted Catholics as “white supremacist extremists," but we now know that this insidious campaign was even more widespread than initially thought. In addition to attacking a religious group for having beliefs that don’t align with regime orthodoxy, the FBI’s director lied about the extent of this effort. It seems that anyone can be labeled a “white supremacist terrorist” for any unpopular belief.
Pro-establishment narrative
Violent extremism is on the rise from the right wing, and some far-right factions of Catholics are part of a coalition that seeks to undermine democracy. Religious extremism and terror aren’t a novel threat, and rhetoric coming from “traditional Catholics” sounds quite similar to far-right radicals who have attacked abortion centers and even stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Not all Catholics are extremists, but we shouldn't turn a blind eye to those that are.
