(InEDC) BY Kevin Kiley Published: 09/3/23 2:05 PM PST
“3 weeks ago I notified AG Garland about FBI Director Wray’s sworn testimony that his infamous school board memo had no legitimate basis.
“Yet Garland has not withdrawn it. The Administration is knowingly targeting parents based on a fabricated pretext.
The memo, issued by Garland in October, was an attempt to silence parents who are expressing concerns about critical race theory and mask mandates in schools. He accused the attorney general of using the Justice Department to target political opponents and infringe upon the First Amendment rights of parents.
— Washington Examiner —
A freshman Republican lawmaker is renewing calls for Attorney General Merrick Garland to withdraw a memo aimed at combating alleged violence against teachers, pointing to testimony from other Biden administration officials that indicate its language was “unjustified.”
In a letter sent to Garland on Monday, Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) pressed the attorney general to “immediately rescind” 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.
“Director Wray left no doubt that this memo was entirely without justification,” Kiley wrote. “Based on the lack of evidence to support the action you took … 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.”
Garland issued the memo in October 2021, ordering federal agencies to meet with local law enforcement officials to discuss a “disturbing trend” of threats against school officials over…
