Education Secretary Cardona solicited NSBA letter comparing protesting parents to domestic terrorists

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NSBA official said controversial letter followed 'a request by Secretary Cardona'


In the Oct. 5 email, NSBA Secretary-Treasurer Kristi Swett recounted that NSBA interim CEO Chip Slaven "told the officers he was writing a letter to provide information to the White House, from a request by Secretary Cardona."

Previous emails had revealed that the NSBA was in contact with the White House and Justice Department in the weeks before it publicly sent the letter.

The emails were obtained by the parents group Parents Defending Education in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

"Should this allegation be true, it would reveal that this administration's pretextual war on parents came from the highest levels," PDE President Nicole Neily told Fox News Digital.

Education Secretary Cardona solicited NSBA letter comparing protesting parents to domestic terrorists: email

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona solicited the much-criticized letter from the National School Boards Association that compared protesting parents to domestic terrorists, according to an email exchange reviewed by Fox News .

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These emails were obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Parents Defending Education (PDE).

“Should this allegation be true, it would reveal that this administration’s pretextual war on parents came from the highest levels,” PDE President Nicole Neily told Fox News Digital.

“Attorney General Merrick Garland unequivocally stated that he based his memo on the NSBA’s letter — which in turn, mobilized the FBI and US Attorneys,” Neily added. “If Secretary Cardona was truly involved in this ugly episode, it is a significant breach of public trust, and he should be held accountable.”

In late October 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland told Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley that he would not rescind the DOJ memo which directed the FBI and other federal agencies to investigate school board meetings, despite a memo from the National School Boards Association walking back its claims that confrontations at school board meetings could rise to the level of “domestic terrorism’ and “hate crimes.”

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NSBA Was Aware of AG Garland's Memo Weaponizing FBI Prior to Publication​

This is the first revelation showing that the NSBA knew about Garland's memo prior to its publication.

The memo from Garland was released just days after the NSBA wrote a letter to the White House on Sept. 29 requesting federal assistance to curb violence and threats from parents at school board meetings that the organization likened to "a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes." The NSBA asked that the federal government use the Patriot Act to prevent alleged threats of violence at school board meetings.

Garland's memo then directed the Federal Bureau of Investigations and other law enforcement agencies to "address threats against school administrators, board members, teachers and staff."

Parents across the country had shown up to school board meetings to protest their children's schools pushing transgender policies, mask mandates and critical race theory.

The NSBA has since apologized to its members for the language used in its letter. Garland, however, said he stands by his memo because he did not adopt the same language despite testifying in front of Congress that the memo was crafted in response to the NSBA's letter.

 

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