During her hearing on 15 January in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as attorney general described a former memo of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that targeted Catholics as the “ultimate weaponisation” of government, reports the Catholic News Agency (CNA).
Serving as the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, as well as its principal federal law enforcement agency, the FBI is part of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), which the US attorney general leads. The January 2023 FBI memo detailed an investigation into what it described as “radical-traditionalist” Catholics with potential ties to “the far-right white nationalist movement”.
The domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency, discussed an opportunity for “trip wire or source development” within parishes that offer the Latin Mass and also within Catholic online communities that the agency considered “radical-traditionalist”, notes CNA.
During the confirmation hearing, Repubulican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri asked Bondi whether she would put a stop to “abuses” like the memo, which he called an “unbelievable assault on Americans’ First Amendment rights”.
“Of course,” Bondi replied, adding: “I think what you’re talking about is the ultimate weaponisation [of government].”
When Hawley asked whether Bondi would investigate the federal agents involved, she replied that she “will personally read that memo” and have discussions about it with Kash Patel, who is Trump’s nominee to head the FBI.
Bondi added: “I would think this is something that we can all agree on, on both sides; this should not be happening in the United States of America, and [we should] work together on it.”
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Guy McClung, Radical Traditionalist. Now wouldn’t that be lovely in a tombstone?
Just the thought of wire tapping someone to get information on parishioners in devotion at Mass is very strange. Were they planning to sell drugs or rob a bank right after they thanked Father outside 😂 What a waste of government resources – who knows how many bad guys are still out and about because the department was too busy trying to nail some poor random person at Sunday Mass.
Trump and his crew need to apply the same treatment to socialists or any left-leaning individual so they can get a taste of their own medicine. Maybe start with talkshow hosts, Hollywood actors and university professors…watch them wail about democracy and free speech. Hypocrites.
I have to wonder if Pope Francis or some lackeys at the Vatican put the Biden Administration up to this.
LQC…Biden was surrounded by Obama disciples. They had to be enraged at Dobbs.
A recent email from the diocese told us to be aware of strangers, especially
those asking questions about church security measures and taking pictures.
We are told not to answer their questions.
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