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Sen. Hawley: FBI is 'Infiltrating Churches' and 'Trying to Spy on Americans'
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said that the FBI is "infiltrating churches" in America and "trying to spy on us." He added that the law enforcement agency, headed by Director Christopher Wray, apparently views "church-going Americans as akin to terrorists."
During an interview on Hannity, April 11, host Sean Hannity asked Hawley if he believed that Attorney General Merrick Garland had lied to him about FBI informants in churches when he testified before the Senate on March 1.
Senator Hawley replied, "Sure looks like it, Sean. Sure looks like it."
"Listen, he knew at the time that he couldn't answer the question because it looks so bad," said Hawley. "He knew that it looked beyond the pale and it is beyond the pale, Sean, for the FBI to be going into any church in America and trying to spy on Americans, and now we know that's exactly what they were doing."
"They are infiltrating churches," siad the senator. "They are trying to spy on us. They regard churches apparently as the enemy and church-going Americans as akin to terrorists."
Hawley continued, "And, yes, the attorney general sat right there and told me, no, we don't do that, and now we know they do in fact target churches, and they have been. There's got to be accountability for this, Sean. He's got to be called on the carpet, the House needs to call him, the Senate should call him, too. But the Democrats will never do it."
"There's got to be some accountability and the targeting of Christians and churches has got to end," added Hawley.
Hannity then read from an April 10 letter sent by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to FBI Director Christopher Wray. In that letter, Jordan discusses an FBI memo about infiltrating certain traditional Catholic churches and cultivating sources. The letter also noted that the committee has sent a subpoena to Wray to release documents on its church-monitoring operation.
Commenting on the letter, Hawley said, "Well, number one, yeah, it looks like they were involved in recruitment. Look, all I know is what the House Judiciary Committee turned up, which is actual evidence that the FBI did go, Sean, and cultivate -- I think they called it undercover sources at these Catholic parishes, that they stood up a program to try to get into these Catholic Churches."
"And, Sean, you and I both know, if they're doing it in Catholic Churches, they're doing it in other Christian churches," said Hawley. "They're probably doing it in Orthodox communities. It's all over."
He continued, "This is a policy on their part, and we've seen it before, Sean, we've seen them use SWAT teams against pro-life Catholics. We have seen them go after parents who dare to question what they're doing in schools."
"This is a pattern and practice of this administration to use law enforcement against anybody who questions them and especially to use it against people of faith," said the senator.
On Feb. 8, an FBI memo from the Richmond, Va., field office was leaked to the public.
The memo explains how the FBI is assessing an alleged increase in the association of "racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists (RMVEs) in Radical-Traditionalist Catholic (RTC) ideology."
The memo includes a list of Catholic organizations that were tagged as "hate groups" by the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Some of the so-called "hate groups" include listed include Catholic Family News, Culture Wars/Fidelity Press, The Fatima Crusader/International Fatima Rosary Crusade, The Remnant newspaper, and Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Apparently, none of these organizations has a history of violent extremism or of promoting violence.
In a Feb. 10 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, 20 state attorneys general criticize the FBI memo on First Amendment/religious freedom grounds and note that the SPLC "has been utterly discredited as a reliable source."
"This country was founded on the right of all people to worship in the church, mosque, or synagogue of their choice, free from government interference," state the attorneys general. "Countless millions were drawn to our country because of that very right. Indeed, some of our first States were founded as safe havens for religious dissenters. There is no right more sacred to American democracy than the right to worship freely."
"We are horrified to learn that at least one field office of the FBI apparently does not agree with this proposition," said the attorneys general. "Anti-Catholic bigotry appears to be festering in the FBI, and the Bureau is treating Catholics as potential terrorists because of their beliefs."
Although the FBI memo clearly targets Catholic organizations and apparently Catholic churches, it is not yet known if the FBI is also monitoring or infiltrating synagogues, mosques, and Protestant Christian churches.
The First Amendment states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Under the Constitution, the federral government cannot prohibit the free exercise of religion.
Catholic Biden Hits Priests With Cease and Desist Order
When Freedom of Religion died.
Catholic priests who minister at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center were issued a “cease and desist order” just before Holy Week.
I warned you that a day was fast-approaching when people who follow the teachings of Jesus Christ would be shunned from the public marketplace. That’s why I wrote “Culture Jihad: How to Stop the Left From Killing a Nation.”
In a statement on Saturday, Walter Reed said the center is a “welcoming and healing environment that honors and supports a full range of religious, spiritual, and cultural needs.”
The Holy Name College Friary had been providing priests to the hospital for nearly two decades, according to the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services.
“It is incomprehensible that essential pastoral care is taken away from the sick and the aged when it was so readily available,” Archbishop Timothy Broglio said in a statement. “This is a classic case where the adage ‘if it is not broken, do not fix it’ applies.”
The White House needs to explain why a Catholic president would banish Catholic priests from a military hospital just before Holy Week.
“Especially, during Holy Week, the lack of adequate Catholic pastoral care causes untold and irreparable harm to Catholics who are hospitalized and therefore a captive population whose religious rights the government has a constitutional duty to provide for and protect,” the diocese said.
The medical center is reportedly going to replace the priests with a government-approved, for-profit contractor to provide Catholic ministry. In other words, don’t be surprised if Ray Epps or his cronies at the FBI are sporting clerical collars and hearing your confessions.
“The refusal to provide adequate pastoral care while awarding a contract for Catholic ministry to a for-profit company that has no way of providing Catholic priests to the medical center is a glaring violation of service members’ and veterans’ Right to the Free Exercise of Religion,” the archdiocese said.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) condemned the Biden administration’s decision.
“Priests and pastors guided our troops through the darkest days of our toughest battles,” she wrote on Twitter. “The Biden Admin chose Easter weekend to kick Catholic priests out of Walter Reed, violating their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion. The House will not allow this to stand.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed the administration, calling the decision “embarrassing and wrong.”
“This is another attack on the church, and this time, directed at our military,” Greene wrote on Twitter.
I’m a Baptist and I’m proud to stand alongside Catholic patriots as they are being targeted.
It’s imperative for every freedom-loving person of faith in America to rise up and condemn this blatant anti-Catholic bigotry.
And I hope you will remember on Election Day that Catholic President Joe Biden denied hospitalized military veterans access to Catholic priests during Holy Week.
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House Judiciary Subpoenas Records on FBI Infiltration of Catholic Churches
Text Audio00:0000:00Font Size(CNSNews.com) -- Because FBI Director Christopher Wray has essentially ignored several requests by the House Judiciary Committee for documents about the agency's reported surveillance and infiltration of Catholic parishes to uncover "radicalization" among parishioners, Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) issued a supoena to the FBI on April 10 for specific records and information.
In a letter to Wray, Jordan explained that his committe is "conducting oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FB) handling of domestic violent extremism investigations against Catholic Americans and its effect on protected First Amendment activity."
Based on "limited information" provided to the committee by the FBI, said Jordan, it is clear now that the agency "proposed that its agents engage in outreach to Catholic parishes to develop sources among the clergy and church leadership to inform on Americans practicing their faith."
"This shocking information reinforces our need for all responsive documents, and the committee is issuing a subpoena to you to compel your full cooperation," wrote Jordan.
The committee notes on its website that it officialy requested information from the FBI about a document generated in its Richmond, Va., office in January about potential connections between "violent extremists" and "radical-traitionalist Catholic ideology."
The FBI ignored a Feb. 16 request from the committee about the memo, and then produced "a substandard and partial response" to a March 23 request, which was riddled with redactions. This prevented the committee "from fully assessing the content and context of the documents and obtaining information requested from the Bureau."
In the January 2023 document out of Richmond, under "Opportunities," the FBI wrote, “In addition to [redaction], engage in outreach to the leadership of other [Society of Saint Pius X] chapels in the FBI Richmond [area of responsibility] to sensitize these congregations to the warning signs of radicalization and to enlist their assistance to serve as suspicious activity tripwires.”
The Society of St. Pius X is a Catholic organization that follows the centuries-old teaching of the Church and only offers the traditional Latin Mass.
In addition to the Society, the FBI plan included outreach to so-called "mainline Catholic parishes" and the local "diocesan leadership," reported the House committee.
"The [January] document itself shows that its contents, including its proposal to develop sources in Catholic churches, were reviewed and approved by two senior intelligence analysts and even the local Chief Division Counsel," said the committee. "Whistleblowers have advised that the FBI distributed this document to field offices across the country."
The January memo reveals that FBI claims of "numerous" and "rigorous" policies to protect the First Amendment rights of Chirstian worshipers are dubious, said Jordan in his April 10 letter to Wray.
The so-called radical-traditionalist Catholics cited in the FBI memo came from a list compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a left-wing organization that creates "hate maps" and describes people who oppose "gay marriage" as "hate groups."
In a Feb. 10 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, 20 state attorneys general detailed why the SPLC "has been utterly discredited as a reliable source."
The FBI has yet to announce whether it will comply with the House committee's subpoena.
HHS Secretary: 'Every Option Is on the Table' to Keep Abortion Drug Available Nationwide
(CNSNews.com) -- Because FBI Director Christopher Wray has essentially ignored several requests by the House Judiciary Committee for documents about the agency's reported surveillance and infiltration of Catholic parishes to uncover "radicalization" among parishioners, Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) issued a supoena to the FBI on April 10 for specific records and information.
In a letter to Wray, Jordan explained that his committe is "conducting oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FB) handling of domestic violent extremism investigations against Catholic Americans and its effect on protected First Amendment activity."
Based on "limited information" provided to the committee by the FBI, said Jordan, it is clear now that the agency "proposed that its agents engage in outreach to Catholic parishes to develop sources among the clergy and church leadership to inform on Americans practicing their faith."
"This shocking information reinforces our need for all responsive documents, and the committee is issuing a subpoena to you to compel your full cooperation," wrote Jordan.
The committee notes on its website that it officialy requested information from the FBI about a document generated in its Richmond, Va., office in January about potential connections between "violent extremists" and "radical-traitionalist Catholic ideology."
The FBI ignored a Feb. 16 request from the committee about the memo, and then produced "a substandard and partial response" to a March 23 request, which was riddled with redactions. This prevented the committee "from fully assessing the content and context of the documents and obtaining information requested from the Bureau."
In the January 2023 document out of Richmond, under "Opportunities," the FBI wrote, “In addition to [redaction], engage in outreach to the leadership of other [Society of Saint Pius X] chapels in the FBI Richmond [area of responsibility] to sensitize these congregations to the warning signs of radicalization and to enlist their assistance to serve as suspicious activity tripwires.”
The Society of St. Pius X is a Catholic organization that follows the centuries-old teaching of the Church and only offers the traditional Latin Mass.
In addition to the Society, the FBI plan included outreach to so-called "mainline Catholic parishes" and the local "diocesan leadership," reported the House committee.
"The [January] document itself shows that its contents, including its proposal to develop sources in Catholic churches, were reviewed and approved by two senior intelligence analysts and even the local Chief Division Counsel," said the committee. "Whistleblowers have advised that the FBI distributed this document to field offices across the country."
The January memo reveals that FBI claims of "numerous" and "rigorous" policies to protect the First Amendment rights of Chirstian worshipers are dubious, said Jordan in his April 10 letter to Wray.
The so-called radical-traditionalist Catholics cited in the FBI memo came from a list compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a left-wing organization that creates "hate maps" and describes people who oppose "gay marriage" as "hate groups."
In a Feb. 10 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, 20 state attorneys general detailed why the SPLC "has been utterly discredited as a reliable source."
The FBI has yet to announce whether it will comply with the House committee's subpoena.
HHS Secretary: 'Every Option Is on the Table' to Keep Abortion Drug Available Nationwide
Text Audio00:0000:00Font Size(CNSNews.com) - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says the Biden administration intends to "do everything" it can to make sure the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone continues to be available to women for their "health care, especially abortion care."
"Every option is on the table," he said, when CNN's Dana Bash asked him if the Biden administration would ignore a nationwide ban on the drug, if a Texas judge's ruling holds.
"So it is incumbent upon us as a country to make sure women have safe and effective medication available to them," Becerra told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.
On Friday, two federal judges issued conflicting opinions on mifepristone, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2000.
A federal judge in Texas stayed the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, agreeing to block its availability nationwide, but delayed the stay for seven days to give the federal government time to appeal the decision, which it is doing.
Around the same time, a federal judge in Washington State issued a preliminary injunction blocking the FDA from "altering the status quo and rights as it relates to the availability of Mifepristone."
Becerra noted that the Biden administration has already filed an appeal of the Texas judge's ruling: "One judge in one court in one state turned upside down the FDA's approval process for safe and effective medications. We have to go to court and seek an appeal," he said.
Becerra said women must continue to have access to a drug that's "proven itself safe."
Host Dana Bash asked Becerra, "Will you recommend the FDA ignore a ban" on mifepristone?
"Everything is on the table," Becerra said. "The president said that way back when the Dobbs decision came out. Every option is on the table."
He agreed there is a "good chance" the question will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
"So how worried are you that this court, conservative majority in the United States Supreme Court, will agree with the Texas judge?" Bash asked him.
"If the role of judges of justices is to apply the law to the facts and the evidence, the facts and the scientific evidence are that mifepristone is not just safe, but it's effective and it was properly approved.
"And so I don't care who the nine justices are on the Supreme Court or any court of appeal. They should be able to discern the difference between inserting their personal judgment and using the facts and evidence to make a legal ruling."
Asked for his "message" to women who want to take the drug and doctors who want to prescribe it, Becerra said, "This is not America. What you saw by that one judge in that one court, in that one state, that's not America.
"America goes by the evidence. America does what's fair. America does what is transparent and we can show that what we do is for the right reasons. That's not America."
Becerra argued that by second-guessing the FDA's approval process for mifepristone, "you're not talking about just mifepristone. You're talking about every kind of drug. You're talking about our vaccines. You're talking about insulin. You're talking about the new Alzheimer's drugs that may come on.
"If a judge decides to substitute his preference, his personal opinion for that of scientists and medical professionals, what drug isn't subject to some kind of legal challenge? So we have to go to court. And, for America's sake and for women's sake, we have to prevail in this."
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Eric Holder
In Part One of this series, we exposed the Chicano Marxist take over of the California legislature and their plans to defy federal immigration laws and expected actions of the incoming Trump administration. Gov. Jerry Brown’s nomination of Xavier Becerra to be California’s next Attorney General was the first of many steps to protect the pervasive lawlessness of the radical left.
(CNSNews.com) - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says the Biden administration intends to "do everything" it can to make sure the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone continues to be available to women for their "health care, especially abortion care."
"Every option is on the table," he said, when CNN's Dana Bash asked him if the Biden administration would ignore a nationwide ban on the drug, if a Texas judge's ruling holds.
"So it is incumbent upon us as a country to make sure women have safe and effective medication available to them," Becerra told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.
On Friday, two federal judges issued conflicting opinions on mifepristone, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2000.
A federal judge in Texas stayed the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, agreeing to block its availability nationwide, but delayed the stay for seven days to give the federal government time to appeal the decision, which it is doing.
Around the same time, a federal judge in Washington State issued a preliminary injunction blocking the FDA from "altering the status quo and rights as it relates to the availability of Mifepristone."
Becerra noted that the Biden administration has already filed an appeal of the Texas judge's ruling: "One judge in one court in one state turned upside down the FDA's approval process for safe and effective medications. We have to go to court and seek an appeal," he said.
Becerra said women must continue to have access to a drug that's "proven itself safe."
Host Dana Bash asked Becerra, "Will you recommend the FDA ignore a ban" on mifepristone?
"Everything is on the table," Becerra said. "The president said that way back when the Dobbs decision came out. Every option is on the table."
He agreed there is a "good chance" the question will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
"So how worried are you that this court, conservative majority in the United States Supreme Court, will agree with the Texas judge?" Bash asked him.
"If the role of judges of justices is to apply the law to the facts and the evidence, the facts and the scientific evidence are that mifepristone is not just safe, but it's effective and it was properly approved.
"And so I don't care who the nine justices are on the Supreme Court or any court of appeal. They should be able to discern the difference between inserting their personal judgment and using the facts and evidence to make a legal ruling."
Asked for his "message" to women who want to take the drug and doctors who want to prescribe it, Becerra said, "This is not America. What you saw by that one judge in that one court, in that one state, that's not America.
"America goes by the evidence. America does what's fair. America does what is transparent and we can show that what we do is for the right reasons. That's not America."
Becerra argued that by second-guessing the FDA's approval process for mifepristone, "you're not talking about just mifepristone. You're talking about every kind of drug. You're talking about our vaccines. You're talking about insulin. You're talking about the new Alzheimer's drugs that may come on.
"If a judge decides to substitute his preference, his personal opinion for that of scientists and medical professionals, what drug isn't subject to some kind of legal challenge? So we have to go to court. And, for America's sake and for women's sake, we have to prevail in this."
The question of the day is, why have any Republicans voted to confirm any of Biden's Cabinet appointees? Every one of them has been chosen not for his expertise in any sphere of influence, but for his radicalism; the farther left these people are, the better in Biden's (?) view. Xavier Beccara probably belongs in prison. PATRICIA McCARTHY
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Eric Holder
In Part One of this series, we exposed the Chicano Marxist take over of the California legislature and their plans to defy federal immigration laws and expected actions of the incoming Trump administration. Gov. Jerry Brown’s nomination of Xavier Becerra to be California’s next Attorney General was the first of many steps to protect the pervasive lawlessness of the radical left.
HHS Secretary Becerra: Ignoring Judge Abortion Drug Ruling Possible
1:45 Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that ignoring a federal judge in Texas halted the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone was “on the table.”
Anchor Dana Bash said, “My next guest, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks that the FDA should just ignore the Texas judge’s ruling. And you know she’s not alone. I’m sure you’ve seen some legal experts argue the FDA does have broad discretion. To simply choose not to enforce a ban and allow the drug to remain on the market. So yes or no, as the HHS secretary, do you want the FDA to enforce the Texas ruling if it is upheld? In the short term, yes or no.”
Becerra said, “We want the courts to overturn this reckless decision. We want yes that women continue to have access to a drug that’s proven itself safe. Millions of women have used this drug around the world.”
Bash said, “But what if they don’t act in the interim before you get to that point.”
Becerra said, “I have to believe that an appeals court, the Supreme Court, whatever court has to understand that this ruling by this one judge overturns not just access to mifepristone, but possibly any number of drugs.”
Bash said, “What if they don’t?”
Becerra said, “That is speculation that I think is not worth engaging in.”
Bash said, “Are you taking it off the table that you will recommend the FDA ignore a ban?”
Becerra said, “Everything is on the table. The president said that way back when the Dobbs decision came out every option is on the table.”
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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that ignoring a federal judge in Texas halted the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone was “on the table.”
Anchor Dana Bash said, “My next guest, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks that the FDA should just ignore the Texas judge’s ruling. And you know she’s not alone. I’m sure you’ve seen some legal experts argue the FDA does have broad discretion. To simply choose not to enforce a ban and allow the drug to remain on the market. So yes or no, as the HHS secretary, do you want the FDA to enforce the Texas ruling if it is upheld? In the short term, yes or no.”
Becerra said, “We want the courts to overturn this reckless decision. We want yes that women continue to have access to a drug that’s proven itself safe. Millions of women have used this drug around the world.”
Bash said, “But what if they don’t act in the interim before you get to that point.”
Becerra said, “I have to believe that an appeals court, the Supreme Court, whatever court has to understand that this ruling by this one judge overturns not just access to mifepristone, but possibly any number of drugs.”
Bash said, “What if they don’t?”
Becerra said, “That is speculation that I think is not worth engaging in.”
Bash said, “Are you taking it off the table that you will recommend the FDA ignore a ban?”
Becerra said, “Everything is on the table. The president said that way back when the Dobbs decision came out every option is on the table.”
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