Biden Administration Pressed Garland to ‘Intimidate Parents’: Conservative Legal Group

The administration asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to direct the FBI to look into parents who spoke out at school board meetings, the group says.

Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on as President Joe Biden speaks about crime prevention at the White House in Washington, on June 23, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

The Biden administration pushed Attorney General Merrick Garland to issue a controversial memo to “intimidate parents” against speaking out against leftist policies in schools, a legal advocacy group says.

In October 2021, Mr. Garland issued a memo asking the FBI to investigate parents who spoke out at public school board meetings.