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“Obviously, PPT is happy with the court’s ruling," Protect the Public's Trust Director Michael Chamberlain told the Washington Examiner."This is certainly not one of the FBI’s finest moments. There is evidence the FBI participated in targeting parents who protested to protect their kids, and their effort to dismiss this case could be an attempt to conceal the extent of their role in it.
The organization's FOIA request was filed on Oct. 7, 2021, days after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he was creating an FBI-DOJ task force to investigate threats against school board members in response to the NSBA's letter. The NSBA later retracted and apologized for the letter, even as Garland defended his memo. FBI whistleblowers later revealed that the agency acted on several tips it received alleging threats against school board members.
The House Judiciary Committee and the subcommittee on the weaponization of government have made the FBI's investigation of parent protesters a top priority. In seeking to shut down Protect the Public's Trust FOIA request, the FBI had tried to argue that the organization's request was"impermissibly vague and broad" and that complying with it would be"too onerous" on the agency.McFadden noted that while the request probably could have been more specific, the organization was only seeking records for political appointees, and the FBI only has one political appointee: Director Christopher Wray.
The FBI sure likes to hide stuff