State AGs Seek Answers From FBI, DOJ Over Targeting of Traditionalist Catholics

State AGs Seek Answers From FBI, DOJ Over Targeting of Traditionalist Catholics
A young woman holds a rosary as she prays during a prayer vigil in Miami Beach, Fla., on June 26, 2021. Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo
Samantha Flom
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and 19 other Republican state attorneys general expressed “outrage and alarm” following the Feb. 8 leak of an internal FBI memo that characterized Catholics as “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.”

Seeking answers, Miyares pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland for information about why the memo was written.

Samantha Flom
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Samantha Flom is a reporter for The Epoch Times covering U.S. politics and news. A graduate of Syracuse University, she has a background in journalism and nonprofit communications. Contact her at [email protected].
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