Garland faces relentless GOP pressure after issuing memo on school board threats

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Congressional Republicans have been unrelenting in their criticisms of the October 4 memo, which laid out how the department would work with state and local authorities to respond to threats of violence and harassment against school board officials.

A Justice Department memo that has put Attorney General Merrick Garland in the center of the roiling political controversy over masks and history lessons in schools continues to fuel Republican fire towards the department.

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing with Garland last week, Republicans said the Justice Department appeared to be targeting parents as domestic terrorists. In response, Garland defended his memo, saying the department had no interest in going after parents who voiced their opinions peacefully at school board meetings. School boards around the country are under fire. What exactly do they do? "We are not investigating peaceful protest or parent involvement at school board meetings.

 

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geo0715 Unlike , Garland knows how to do his job.

morgfair Because the letter which was retracted uses a prime example of a man's daughter was raped in a restroom and when he went to the school board to complain about it he was beating and arrested by the cops because the school board was afraid of the transgender issue of the rapis

Garland need to ignore them like he’s ignoring everyone who wants him to prosecute the last admin.

What a poorly-drafted memo

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