Rep. Jordan Warns AG Garland to Preserve Docs on Inflammatory School Board Memo

Rep. Jordan Warns AG Garland to Preserve Docs on Inflammatory School Board Memo
Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) listens during a House Judiciary Committee mark up hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on June 2, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has told the Department of Justice (DOJ) to preserve all documents related to its controversial school board memo, signaling that Judiciary Republicans will focus on the issue if they retake the House.

In a September 2021 letter to President Joe Biden, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) characterized disruptions at school board meetings across the nation as “a form of domestic terrorism and hate crime.”