Show-Me Sen. Hawley Standoff Against FBI Over Alleged Anti-Catholic Targeting

An ongoing conversation got even more heated this week . . . Here are the basics of the exchange as many people of faith continue to argue against suspected government persecution . . . Check-it:

The House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government learned “at least one” undercover FBI agent interviewed at least one priest and one choir director affiliated with a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia, according to a report obtained by Fox News. The committee said the memo relied on a single investigation in the Richmond Field Office’s area of responsibility in which the subject ‘self-described’ as a ‘radical-traditionalist Catholic.’

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley asked how many parishes have been questioned by FBI agents.

“Look, senator. We do not and will not conduct investigations based on anybody’s exercise of their constitutionally protected right,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said.

“You have done it so, and your memo explicitly asks for it,” the senator said. “Your memo labels traditional Catholics as racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists in need of investigation! You have a list of churches, a list in the memo. You’ve repeatedly said, ‘We don’t target churches.’ They’re listed in the memo! So how many other parishes have you gone to to talk to choir directors for heaven’s sake?”

“As I’ve —” Wray began.

“Do you know the answer to that question?” Hawley interrupted.

“No, I don’t know the answer to that question. But I can tell you that we don’t investigate people for their exercise of their constitutionally protected religious expression,” Wray said. “It was in a particular intelligence product. It was something as soon as I saw it, I was aghast. I had it withdrawn.”

“You were aghast?” Hawley said.

“Yes, I was. Yes sir,” he said.

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