Parents’ Rights Groups Ask Trump Admin to Address Alleged COVID-Era Targeting by DOJ

The groups say parents around the country were targeted as ‘extremists’ by the FBI and Department of Justice when they pushed back on COVID policies.

Actress and parent's rights advocate Sam Sorbo speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2025. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) joined leaders from parental rights groups on Capitol Hill on July 15 to ask President Donald Trump to vindicate parents who say they were targeted by law enforcement after they pushed back against COVID-19 restrictions in schools.

“Parents don’t surrender their rights at the school doors,” Biggs said.