The FBI targeted pro-life groups, Catholics, andwith investigations in an effort to"inflate" the sense that they were a domestic terrorism threat, according to new whistleblower reports.
"If you're a parent attending a school board meeting; if you're a pro-lifer praying at a clinic, or you're a Catholic simply going to Mass, you are a target of the government, a target of the FBI," Jordan said, adding that officials attempted to"inflate" their investigations to treat them as domestic and violent extremism cases.
Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, detailed claims from FBI whistleblowers who said the government targeted pro-life groups, Catholics and parents attending school board meetings.2011 EMAILS REVEAL HUNTER BIDEN HELPED BUSINESS ASSOCIATES GET ACCESS TO VP BIDEN, TOP AID "A lot of the rot, the committee has learned, emerges out of headquarters, out of the Washington field office," Gaetz said."[A whistleblower] described the conflict that existed as the Washington field office put pressure on other field offices around the country to engage in law enforcement work without predication."Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., detailed claims from FBI whistleblowers that the Washington field office was the source of much of the organization's"rot.