Republicans subpoena FBI director over plan to surveil Catholic church members
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Republican House Judiciary Committee members have subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray for information about the agency's plan to use sources in Catholic churches to report on suspicious activity.
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Republican House Judiciary Committee members have subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray for information about the agency's plan to use sources in Catholic churches to report on suspicious activity.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday for documents as House Republicans investigate the circumstances surrounding a since-withdrawn memo from the bureau's Richmond field office that focused on extremism in the Catholic Church.
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray for records as part of a probe into the bureau’s handling of an FBI field analysis that proposed further developing sources within a group of traditionalist Catholic chapels in Richmond, Va.
The panel is probing the FBI's handling of a field analysis proposing that the bureau further develop sources in some Catholic chapels; the analysis was ultimately withdrawn by the FBI.
The FBI used an undercover employee to seek sources in Catholic churches, House Judiciary Committee Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan revealed in a letter.
"Americans attend church to worship and congregate for their spiritual and personal betterment. They must be free to exercise their fundamental First Amendment rights without worrying that the FBI may have planted so-called 'tripwire' sources or other informants in their houses of worship."
Republicans issued the subpoena after expressing outrage over an alleged FBI plan to develop sources within Catholic churches to look for potential extremist behavior.
The U S House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray as the federal law enforcement agency continues to face criticism over a rescinded memo ...
