Government Report Reveals The FBI Has Been Criminally Harassing And Spying On Catholics In Violation Of The Constitution And The U.S. Code

January 18. 2024

America was founded on religious freedoms, as ascribed in the U.S. Constitution. However, the FBI has insanely been targeting religious people in America for decades, in criminal acts that show an open contempt for the laws they are supposed to be observing and upholding . We saw  the lawless law enforcement agency's criminally abusive tactics towards innocent civil rights hero and Christian preacher, Martin Luther King Jr, whom the FBI brutally murdered in criminal misdeeds that have embarrassed and disgraced the U.S. government for decades.

Recently, a report was released stating the FBI has been criminally targeting Catholics. This is ironic, as in the 1960s, during the time period the FBI murdered Martin Luther King Jr, they aided and abetted the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) in the murders of then President John F. Kennedy, and his brother, the former Attorney General of the United States, Robert Kennedy, for seeking to shut the CIA down. The CIA has been committing horrific human rights abuses for decades and Kennedy hated that. He wanted them gone (as does most of America and the world).

This past December, the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee, disclosed a report entitled "The FBI's Breach of Religious Freedom: The Weaponization of Law Enforcement Against Catholic Americans." The report revealed the FBI has been classifying Catholics as "domestic terrorists." There are tens of millions of Catholics in America who are law abiding people. Yet the corrupt FBI is wasting enormous amounts of taxpayer money investigating Catholics. It should let you know how sick, crazy and far gone the FBI is, as Catholics are not "domestic terrorists."

The Judicial Watch website reported the FBI Director, Christopher Wray, lied in Congress, which is a felony, to cover up the FBI's crimes against Catholics, "A conservative government watchdog has released almost 100 pages of FBI documents it says show the agency was not fully forthcoming about its actions surveilling and targeting Catholic churches. 'FBI Director Christopher Wray had told congressmen that the memo was ‘a single product by a single field office,' but the records uncovered by Judicial Watch show that it was 'Reviewed by: OGC/CDC [Office of General Counsel/Chief Deputy Counsel].'"

Meanwhile the insane FBI are trying to spy on millions of Catholics, the real criminals are out there committing horrendous crimes and getting away with it under the FBI's watch. The FBI needs to be permanently shutdown. On their current path, the FBI will cause the destruction of America, in tandem with a group of crazy, high profile elitists. As time will show the FBI is the real threat to America.

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New Report Details the Extent of the FBI's Weaponization of Law Enforcement Against Traditional Catholics

December 4, 2023 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim staff report titled, "The FBI's Breach of Religious Freedom: The Weaponization of Law Enforcement Against Catholic Americans."

The Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government have been investigating the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) categorization of certain Catholic Americans as potential domestic terrorists. While the FBI claims it "does not categorize investigations as domestic terrorism based on the religious beliefs—to include Catholicism—of the subject involved," an FBI-wide memorandum originating from the FBI's Richmond Field Office did just that. Under the guise of tackling the threat of domestic terrorism, the memorandum painted so-called certain "radical-traditionalist Catholics" (RTCs) as violent extremists and proposed opportunities for the FBI to infiltrate Catholic churches as a form of "threat mitigation." The FBI’s Richmond memorandum is a startling reminder that Americans' civil liberties and core Constitutional rights must be vigorously guarded against government overreach, including in this case from an overzealous federal law enforcement agency.

In February 2023, the Committee began its oversight after whistleblower Kyle Seraphin revealed the existence of the Richmond memorandum in internal FBI systems. In April 2023, after the FBI failed to fully cooperate with the oversight, Chairman Jordan issued a subpoena to Director Christopher Wray, requesting documents related to the memorandum. The Committee and Select Subcommittee's oversight shows that the FBI abused its counterterrorism tools to target Catholic Americans as potential domestic terrorists. The Committee and Select Subcommittee discovered that the FBI relied on at least one undercover agent to develop its assessment and the FBI even proposed developing sources among the Catholic clergy and church leadership. Not only did the FBI propose to develop sources, but it already interviewed a priest and choir director affiliated with a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia for the memorandum. Most concerning of all, without the disclosure of the whistleblower, the Richmond memorandum would still be operative in FBI systems, violating the religious liberties of millions of Catholic Americans.

From witness testimony and FBI internal documents, the Committee and Select Subcommittee have learned that there were errors at every step of the drafting, review, approval, and removal process of the memorandum. For example: The documents received pursuant to the Committee's subpoena show there was no legitimate basis for the memorandum to insert federal law enforcement into Catholic houses of worship.

The basis for the Richmond memorandum 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" (RTC). However, FBI employees could not define the meaning of an RTC when preparing, editing, or reviewing the memorandum. Even so, this single investigation became the basis for an FBI-wide memorandum warning about the dangers of "radical" Catholics.

Whistleblower disclosures reveal that the FBI interviewed a priest and choir director affiliated with a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia while preparing the memorandum to inform on the parishioner under investigation. In addition to the investigation in Virginia, FBI Richmond relied on reporting from other field offices across the country, including FBI Los Angeles, FBI Milwaukee, and FBI Portland in making its assessment.

The two FBI employees who co-authored the memorandum later told FBI internal investigators that they knew the sources cited in the memorandum had a political bias—sources including the Southern Poverty Law Center, Salon, and The Atlantic.

The documents received pursuant to the Committee's subpoena show that the FBI singled out Americans who are pro-life, pro-family, and support the biological basis for sex and gender distinction as potential domestic terrorists. The memorandum recognized "the run-up to the next general election cycle" as a key time frame and cited the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision that overturned Roe v. Wade as a flash point.

Without considerable criticism in the wake of the disclosure of the memorandum, the document would have remained in an FBI-wide system. At the time of the memorandum's disclosure, FBI officials were discussing turning the memorandum into an external, public-facing document highlighting the threats of "radical" Catholics. Most concerning, FBI Richmond still desires to convey this information to other field offices about "radical-traditionalist Catholics."

FBI Richmond's senior leadership saw the memorandum as an opportunity to insert federal law enforcement into places of worship and support outreach efforts to the Diocese of Richmond and other Catholic parishes.

Following public criticism about the memorandum, FBI Richmond's Special Agent in Charge Stanley Meador met with members of the clergy, including the Most Reverend Barry Knestout, Bishop of the Diocese of Richmond, and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church to mend the FBI's relationship with the Catholic community.

Whistleblower disclosures to the Committee further reveal that the memorandum was accessible to other field offices across the country. However, the FBI still has no idea how many FBI employees accessed the memorandum before its removal and cannot confirm whether any outreach occurred to Catholic parishes as a result of the memorandum.

The Committee on the Judiciary, through and with its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, is charged with investigating "violations of the civil liberties of citizens of the United States." This interim staff report fulfills the ongoing obligation to identify and report on instances of the weaponization of the federal government— here, the FBI's mishandling of domestic violent extremism investigations against Catholic Americans exercising their First Amendment rights. While the documents and information received to date help to better understand what transpired, they do not tell the whole story. The Committee and the Select Subcommittee will continue to pursue the relevant facts to inform legislative reforms and to protect American civil liberties from government overreach.

https://judiciary.house.gov

Heavily redacted records show FBI’s targeting of Catholics went beyond what it claimed: watchdog

December 18, 2023 - A conservative government watchdog has released almost 100 pages of FBI documents it says show the agency was not fully forthcoming about its actions surveilling and targeting Catholic churches. “FBI Director Christopher Wray had told congressmen that the memo was ‘a single product by a single field office,’ but the records uncovered by Judicial Watch show that it was “Reviewed by: OGC/CDC [Office of General Counsel/Chief Deputy Counsel],'” Judicial Watch posted in a press release Friday.

Judicial Watch obtained the documents through a FOIA request related to an internal FBI memo leaked earlier this year, which revealed that the agency had efforts underway to identify and treat Catholics as “potential terrorists.” “The records also indicate coordination with officials from Portland and Milwaukee,” the press release said...

https://www.judicialwatch.org

Hawley Slams Director Wray on FBI's Targeting of Catholic Americans as 'Violent Extremists'

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - Today in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray on the FBI's targeting of traditionalist Catholics. Senator Hawley discussed a report issued by the House Judiciary Committee revealing a memo outlining the weaponization of the FBI against Catholics, and repeatedly demanded that Director Wray hold accountable the individuals involved.

"Now we know that in fact, FBI agents did approach a priest and a choir director to ask them to inform on parishioners [...] Good heavens, Director, this is one of the most outrageous targetings – you have mobilized your division, the most powerful law enforcement division in the world, against traditionalist Catholics," said Senator Hawley.

He continued, "your memo labels traditional Catholics as racially, and ethnically, motivated violent extremists in need of investigation [...] You have repeatedly said 'we don't target churches, we don't list churches,' [but] they're listed in the memo."...

https://www.hawley.senate.gov

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