Catholic leaders slammed the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday after the House Judiciary Committee discovered federal agents interviewed a priest and a choir director as part of an investigation into so-called Radical-Traditional Catholics as potential domestic terrorists. “The latest revelations only raise more questions about the illegitimate targeting of Catholics by the FBI‚” CatholicVote President Brian Burch told The Daily Wire in an emailed statement. “We now know that the FBI effort involved at least four field offices‚ authorized the use of undercover agents to infiltrate Catholic parishes‚ and used a Catholic priest and a choir director to inform on one of their parishioners.” The House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government launched an investigation into the FBI earlier this year after former agent-turned-whistleblower Kyle Seraphin leaked an internal memo from the bureau’s Richmond Field Office‚ which painted certain “radical-traditionalist Catholics” as violent extremists and proposed opportunities for the FBI to infiltrate Catholic churches as a form of “threat mitigation.” “Despite every effort to downplay the significance of this abuse of power‚ the FBI still owes Catholics and all concerned Americans answers as to who was behind the effort to spy on Catholics‚ how far and wide this effort went inside the FBI‚ whether it is ongoing‚ and whether anyone has been held accountable‚” Burch added. Whistleblower disclosures in the report said FBI authorities interviewed a priest and choir director of The Society of Saint Pius (SSPX) — an international priestly society promoting traditional practices affiliated with a Catholic church in Richmond‚ Virginia‚ between November and December 2022. Although federal agents refused to disclose the contents of the interviews‚ the committee noted the whistleblower’s allegations showed the FBI directly communicated with Catholic clergy and staff about parishioners practicing their faith around the same time the analysts started drafting the memorandum. During a hearing on Tuesday‚ FBI Director Christopher Wray claimed that the interview of the priest and choir director was part of “an investigation of a specific individual who was amassing Molotov cocktails and posting about killing people. And it does not surprise me that there were people who knew that subject in that investigation.” Likewise‚ the FBI told Fox News that the interviews highlighted by the committee’s report were conducted by the Richmond Field Office during an investigation of an individual allegedly threatening violence who has since been arrested. “The interviews were not conducted for the domain perspective as characterized by the report‚” the FBI said. Committee members found the memo sparked confusion among FBI employees after failing to define the meaning of “radical traditionalist Catholics” when preparing their anti-Catholic document‚ which the report said would likely still operate in the bureau’s systems without the revelations of whistleblower disclosures. The report also discovered the memo circulated to numerous field offices around the country‚ including field offices in Los Angeles‚ Milwaukee‚ and Portland. The alleged findings appeared to contradict previous testimony from FBI Director Wray‚ who claimed the operation was limited to one office. Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley pressed Wray about the memo’s alleged expansion during the Tuesday hearing. But Wray rejected the notion that other field offices were involved as “garble.” “And let me explain why‚” Wray said. “I mean‚ why I say that the only involvement of the two other field offices was the Richmond authors of the product‚ which included two sentences or something or thereabouts‚ referencing each of these other offices’ cases. And they sent those sentences about the other office cases to them‚ not the whole product‚ and asked them‚ ‘Hey‚ did we describe your case right?'” “That’s all the other offices had‚” he added. “So it was a single field office product‚ and I stand by that.” Additional findings in the report included the FBI labeled Americans who are pro-life‚ pro-family‚ and those who support the Church rejecting radical gender theory teachings as potential domestic extremists. Meanwhile‚ at least one undercover agent allegedly spied on Catholics at their religious services as the bureau attempted to develop sources among Catholic clergy and church leadership. Ashley McGuire‚ a senior fellow at the Catholic Association and co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show‚ “Conversations with Consequences‚” called the findings “a major wake up call to any and all Americans who care about basic civil liberties.” “While Catholic Churches as well as pro-life pregnancy care centers are under constant attack from actual violent extremists‚ the FBI had the audacity to investigate and spy on those targeted by these crimes‚” McGuire told The Daily Wire in an emailed statement. “The notion that traditional Catholics pose some kind of national threat is so absurd it exceeds even Hollywood’s imagination.” “And yet the FBI‚ an agency designed to protect Americans and their rights‚ was spying on Catholics everywhere from their choir lofts to their rectories‚” she added. Almost immediately after the document leaked‚ FBI authorities spiraled into damage control and purged the ant-Catholic memo from its system‚ saying the bureau would “never conduct investigative activities or open an investigation based solely on First Amendment protected activity.” “While our standard practice is to not comment on specific intelligence products‚ this particular field office product — disseminated only within the FBI — regarding racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism does not meet the exacting standards of the FBI‚” a spokesperson told The Daily Wire. “Upon learning of the document‚ FBI Headquarters quickly began taking action to remove the document from FBI systems and conduct a review of the basis for the document.” The FBI told Fox News that it conducted an internal review of the memo and found “no malicious intent to target Catholics or members of any other religious faith‚ and did not identify any investigative steps taken as a result of the product.”

CNN’s Bianna Golodryga pressed the director of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) to address “two quite damning allegations” — namely that a UNRWA boxes were seen hiding piles of rockets and that an UNRWA teacher had held one of the hostages who has since been released back to Israel. Golodryga posed the questions to Thomas White‚ Director of Affairs for the U.N. Palestinian refugee aid group‚ and he repeatedly pivoted to talk about the food and other necessary supplies that were being brought in on UNRWA trucks. WATCH: CNN @biannagolodryga:Hamas hostage testified being held by @UNRWA teacher. What's your response? UNRWA @TomWhiteGaza:I can speak about the flour UNRWA delivers. CNN:Does it bother you that UNRWA teacher held somebody hostage? UNRWA:Every bag of flour is cross-referenced. pic.twitter.com/QMPfvZKh22 — Elad Radson (@EladRadson) December 5‚ 2023 “Thomas‚ Israel is citing security concerns with regards to the number of trucks that are going into Gaza. And on Saturday‚ the IDF said that it found dozens of rockets hidden under boxes marked with UNRWA’s insignia‚ in northern Gaza‚” Golodryga asked first about the rockets‚ noting that they had been found hidden under UNRWA boxes — and that the question was whether or not UNRWA had smuggled those rockets in under the guise of humanitarian aid. Golodryga went on to reference another report‚ saying that one of the hostages who was released back to Israel had told officials that he was being held by an UNRWA teacher. “This teacher locked the victim away‚ barely provided food and neglected medical needs‚” she said. Golodryga noted that UNRWA had responded to the allegations by accusing those who reported them of potentially spreading “misinformation.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “How is UNRWA investigating or responding to these two quite damning allegations?” Golodryga asked‚ noting that at least in the case of the released hostage‚ they were talking about survivor testimony rather than “allegations.” White made it clear that he had no interest in addressing the allegations — or the testimony of the former hostage — and instead listed several of the food items that UNRWA had brought into Gaza. “So what I can speak to is our aid‚ essentially the aid that UNRWA is bringing in goes directly into the hands of the refugees. So on any given day here‚ we are distributing over 50‚000 bags of flour to families so that they can provide for themselves. We account for that‚” he said. “Does it bother you then at all that some of these trucks may be bringing‚ secretly smuggling in rockets or that UNRWA teachers are hiding abductees allegedly?” Golodryga pressed again. “Look‚ our trucks are not bringing in rockets‚” White said‚ immediately pivoting back to his previous talking point. “Our trucks are bringing in wheat flour. They’re bringing in supplies that help families eke out a very basic existence. We have a very clear system of accountability. Every bag of flour that is provided is cross-referenced against people’s national identity number. And so‚ you know‚ there are now hundreds of thousands of bags‚ literally wheat bags‚ wheat flour bags in Gaza with the UNRWA logo on them. And they have all gone to families so that they can feed themselves.”

'Willis's office coordinated its investigative actions with the partisan Select Committee'

What a moron ... just a blatant moron

'Game changer'

"Inclusive" artificial intelligence

'How dare I mention him'

'These documents provide further proof that President Biden was not truthful'

'It’s time for Biden’s bureaucrats to get back to work'

They got DESTROYED!