DOJ, FBI targeting Catholics as 'violent extremists' under scrutiny by state AGs: 'Bigotry' is 'festering'
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Attorney General Jason Miyares and 19 of his GOP colleagues sent a letter Friday to Attorney General Garland and FBI Director Wray demanding answers for a leaked FBI memo that says the agency was targeting Catholics as "violent extremists."
"Anti-Catholic bigotry appears to be festering in the FBI, and the Bureau is treating Catholics as potential terrorists because of their beliefs," the AGs wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland. Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"We are the chief legal officers of our respective States charged not only with enforcing the law, but also with securing the civil rights of our citizens,"they wrote. "The FBI must immediately and unequivocally order agency personnel not to target Americans based on their religious beliefs and practices," the said, adding that they will take "and appropriate means to protect the rights of our constituents as guaranteed by our Constitution."
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