Subpoenaed by House committee to testify
By Bob Unruh
The Joe Biden administration long has considered conservatives and Christians as potential domestic terrorists, given their adherence to biblical standards and their related opposition to his ardent advocacy for abortion and transgenderism for children.
But when a Jan. 23 document from the Richmond FBI Field Office characterized traditional Catholics as possible threats, it was too much for Republicans in Congress.
Now they’re demanding FBI chief Christopher Wray appear to testify under oath about that incident.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before Congress on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (Video screenshot)
The Washington Examiner explained Wray has been subpoenaed by Congress “over the agency’s investigation into Catholic parishes in the United States.”
The House Judicial Committee chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, said Wray must explain the document titled, “Interest of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists in Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology Almost Certainly Presents New Mitigation Opportunities.”
The paper included programs by the FBI to “investigate” Catholics, classifying them by their beliefs and relying on information from the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center.
It presumed some kinds of Catholics were “domestic terrorists,” Jordan said. And the Examiner report found the FBI used undercover agents to “infiltrate” Catholic churches.