Senators asked Garland for the data to back up the claims of threats to schools or violence but Garland was unable to produce it.
Then a whistleblower gave a letter to Congress from the U.S. Attorney of Montana showing that the effort was being pursued by the FBI Counterterrorism Unit and that they were using designated threat tags to categorize school threats, making it clear it was being looked into as terrorism, contrary to what Garland said.
Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are now demanding that Garland come back and testify again, citing the whistleblower letter and the contradictions with Garland's testimony.
Senate Judiciary GOP calls upon AG Merrick Garland to testify before them again: "We remain deeply concerned that your October 4 Memorandum is being used by the DOJ and the FBI as a basis to pursue investigations against American parents for First Amendment-protected activities." pic.
"The FBI should be going after mobsters, not soccer moms. Attorney General Garland has told one story but the actions of some in the Department of Justice tell another," said Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., in an exclusive statement to Fox News.
In a letter Monday, Sasse and others requested Garland clarify his remarks and suggested they conflicted with information from an FBI whistleblower and U.S. attorney's office.
This is a good start, until then, to build more of a record to pursue a future case and to push Garland for more answers.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Senate Republicans Demand Answers From Garland After 'Deeply Misleading' Testimony
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