Weaponization panel blasts DOJ 'anti-parent' memo, says no legal basis for it

The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim staff report Monday deriding the Department of Justice's issuance of a so-called "anti-parent" memo ordering law enforcement to monitor the events of school board meetings.
 

At issue is an October 2021 memo that Attorney General Merrick Garland issued to the FBI and the offices of U.S. Attorneys directing them to explore the threat that parents at school board meetings might pose.

The report derided the memo as baseless and asserted that "[f]rom the initial set of material produced in response to the subpoenas, it is apparent that the Biden Administration misused federal law-enforcement and counterterrorism resources for political purposes."

File:  Weaponization subcommittee report
 

In early March, Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan issued subpoenas in relation to the October 2021 memo to former interim Executive Director and CEO of the National School Boards Association Chip Slaven and National Assessment Governing Board Trustee Viola Garcia.