Now that the bureau has handed over the batch of records, Jordan’s team plans to review the documents and is keeping its options open.
The documents in question reveal details about a Justice Department order for the FBI to probe an alleged “disturbing spike” in threats against school officials amid a wave of conservative backlash in 2021.
They also pertain to a since withdrawn FBI memo that appeared to connect “radical-traditionalist Catholics” with domestic terrorism.
That memo suggested that Catholics opposed to abortion have links to extremist ideologies.
Both matters have become a rallying cry for Republicans who have accused the bureau of being biased against conservatives.
Jordan also leads the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
In a letter to Jordan attached to the documents, Acting Assistant Director Christopher Dunham urged the chairman to refrain from disseminating the files.
“The production of this information to the Committee does not waive any applicable privileges or other protections,” the bureau stressed in its letter to Jordan, obtained by the Washington Examiner.
“We respectfully request that the Committee not disseminate or otherwise disclose these documents without prior consultation with the FBI.”
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The documents in question reveal details about a Justice Department order for the FBI to probe an alleged “disturbing spike” in threats against school officials amid a wave of conservative backlash in 2021.
They also pertain to a since withdrawn FBI memo that appeared to connect “radical-traditionalist Catholics” with domestic terrorism.
That memo suggested that Catholics opposed to abortion have links to extremist ideologies.
Both matters have become a rallying cry for Republicans who have accused the bureau of being biased against conservatives.
Jordan also leads the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
In a letter to Jordan attached to the documents, Acting Assistant Director Christopher Dunham urged the chairman to refrain from disseminating the files.
“The production of this information to the Committee does not waive any applicable privileges or other protections,” the bureau stressed in its letter to Jordan, obtained by the Washington Examiner.
“We respectfully request that the Committee not disseminate or otherwise disclose these documents without prior consultation with the FBI.”
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FBI turns over docs on Catholic ‘extremism’ to Judiciary Committee amid contempt threat
The FBI furnished key files to the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday regarding an inquiry about an uptick in threats against school administrators and domestic Catholic extremism.
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