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Documents released by Senator Chuck Grassley indicate the FBI may have concealed the extent of an anti-Catholic operation during the Biden administration, contradicting earlier claims that the matter was limited to a single memo. This revel...
Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has released documents suggesting the FBI engaged in a broader investigation of traditional Catholics than previously disclosed. This contradicts former FBI Director Christopher Wray’s assertion that the issue was confined to a single memo from the Richmond field office in 2023.
According to Grassley, the FBI found at least 13 additional documents and five attachments that used the terminology "radical traditionalist Catholic" and cited the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). A second memo, drafted by the FBI Richmond Field Office for bureau-wide distribution, repeated the link between traditional Catholicism and violent extremism but was never published due to the controversy surrounding the initial memo.
The documents also reveal that the Richmond memo was distributed to over 1,000 FBI employees nationwide, raising concerns that field offices may have relied on the memo and placed groups under suspicion based on biased sources.
These revelations have led to criticism of the FBI’s reliance on the SPLC, which has been accused of anti-Catholic bias by some conservatives and Catholics.
The memo, titled "Interest of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists in Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology Almost Certainly Presents New Mitigation Opportunities," linked traditional Catholicism to violent extremism.
Grassley is the Senate Judiciary Committee chair and is determined to investigate the FBI's alleged contempt for oversight and ensure justice is fairly administered.
The SPLC is a non-profit organization that monitors hate groups and other extremist organizations in the United States. It has been criticized for its "hate group" classifications.
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